An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development
The study confirms the usefulness of social exchange theory in explaining residents’ perception toward tourism development in Georgetown. There are positive and significant relationship between personal benefit gained from tourism development, perceived positive impacts and support for tourism devel...
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| author | Ling, L. Jakpar, S. Johari, Anita Abdul Rani, N. Myint, K. |
| author_facet | Ling, L. Jakpar, S. Johari, Anita Abdul Rani, N. Myint, K. |
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| description | The study confirms the usefulness of social exchange theory in explaining residents’ perception toward tourism development in Georgetown. There are positive and significant relationship between personal benefit gained from tourism development, perceived positive impacts and support for tourism development. Nevertheless, only one finding which is not in aligned with social exchange theory. There is no significant relationship for perceived negative impact towards support for additional tourism development. In short, residents who benefit from tourism development in Georgetown perceived greater positive impact than those who receive less benefit or do not receive any benefit. The positive impact that resident perceived has a positive relationship with their support level toward tourism development. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-315482017-01-30T13:26:05Z An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development Ling, L. Jakpar, S. Johari, Anita Abdul Rani, N. Myint, K. tourism development Malaysia Georgetown attitudes social exchange theory The study confirms the usefulness of social exchange theory in explaining residents’ perception toward tourism development in Georgetown. There are positive and significant relationship between personal benefit gained from tourism development, perceived positive impacts and support for tourism development. Nevertheless, only one finding which is not in aligned with social exchange theory. There is no significant relationship for perceived negative impact towards support for additional tourism development. In short, residents who benefit from tourism development in Georgetown perceived greater positive impact than those who receive less benefit or do not receive any benefit. The positive impact that resident perceived has a positive relationship with their support level toward tourism development. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31548 http://ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._1;_January_2011/26.pdf Centre for Promoting Ideas fulltext |
| spellingShingle | tourism development Malaysia Georgetown attitudes social exchange theory Ling, L. Jakpar, S. Johari, Anita Abdul Rani, N. Myint, K. An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| title | An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| title_full | An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| title_short | An evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| title_sort | evaluation on the attitudes of residents in georgetown towards the impacts of tourism development |
| topic | tourism development Malaysia Georgetown attitudes social exchange theory |
| url | http://ijbssnet.com/journals/Vol._2_No._1;_January_2011/26.pdf http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/31548 |