THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT

Residents’ attitude towards tourism development in religious tourism destinations is especially relevant for tourism planning. Nevertheless, there are few studies that analyse how residents’ attitude towards development of religious tourism is formed. This paper analyses the effect of residents’ pl...

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Main Authors: Limber L. Rivas, Maribel Rodríguez, LEONOR M. PÉREZ, Dolores M. Frías-Jamilena
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Published: University of Huelva 2023-06-01
Series:Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal
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Online Access:https://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/et/article/view/7427
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author Limber L. Rivas
Maribel Rodríguez
LEONOR M. PÉREZ
Dolores M. Frías-Jamilena
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Maribel Rodríguez
LEONOR M. PÉREZ
Dolores M. Frías-Jamilena
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description Residents’ attitude towards tourism development in religious tourism destinations is especially relevant for tourism planning. Nevertheless, there are few studies that analyse how residents’ attitude towards development of religious tourism is formed. This paper analyses the effect of residents’ place attachment on their attitudes towards development of religious tourism, considering perceived impacts of tourism as mediator and the personal benefit derived from tourism as moderating effect. On the basis of a sample of 410 residents of Montecristi, a religious tourism destination of Ecuador, and using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), the results show that place attachment directly influences the attitude towards development of religious tourism, but mainly through the perceived impacts of tourism. Moreover, this paper finds that the influence of the perceived impacts on the support for the development of religious tourism is higher in residents with a lower personal benefit than in residents with a higher personal benefit. These findings enable a series of recommendations to be made to the agents concerned regarding the development of religious tourism in sacred destinations.
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spelling doaj-art-b15caf621fc740de8a6497b41ed01ac02025-08-20T02:34:43ZengUniversity of HuelvaEnlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal2174-548X2023-06-0113110.33776/et.v13i1.7427THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFITLimber L. RivasMaribel RodríguezLEONOR M. PÉREZ0Dolores M. Frías-JamilenaUniversidad de Córdoba Residents’ attitude towards tourism development in religious tourism destinations is especially relevant for tourism planning. Nevertheless, there are few studies that analyse how residents’ attitude towards development of religious tourism is formed. This paper analyses the effect of residents’ place attachment on their attitudes towards development of religious tourism, considering perceived impacts of tourism as mediator and the personal benefit derived from tourism as moderating effect. On the basis of a sample of 410 residents of Montecristi, a religious tourism destination of Ecuador, and using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), the results show that place attachment directly influences the attitude towards development of religious tourism, but mainly through the perceived impacts of tourism. Moreover, this paper finds that the influence of the perceived impacts on the support for the development of religious tourism is higher in residents with a lower personal benefit than in residents with a higher personal benefit. These findings enable a series of recommendations to be made to the agents concerned regarding the development of religious tourism in sacred destinations. https://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/et/article/view/7427Resident´s AttitudePlace AttachmentPerceived Impacts of TourismPersonal BenefitSocial Exchange TheoryReligious Tourism
spellingShingle Limber L. Rivas
Maribel Rodríguez
LEONOR M. PÉREZ
Dolores M. Frías-Jamilena
THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT
Enlightening Tourism: A Pathmaking Journal
Resident´s Attitude
Place Attachment
Perceived Impacts of Tourism
Personal Benefit
Social Exchange Theory
Religious Tourism
title THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT
title_full THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT
title_fullStr THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT
title_full_unstemmed THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT
title_short THE EFFECT OF RESIDENTS’ PLACE ATTACHMENT ON THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF RELIGIOUS TOURISM: THE MODERATING EFFECT OF PERSONAL BENEFIT
title_sort effect of residents place attachment on their attitude towards development of religious tourism the moderating effect of personal benefit
topic Resident´s Attitude
Place Attachment
Perceived Impacts of Tourism
Personal Benefit
Social Exchange Theory
Religious Tourism
url https://www.uhu.es/publicaciones/ojs/index.php/et/article/view/7427
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