Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development

This paper investigates relationship between the community leaders’ perceptions toward tourism impacts and their support in building capacity for tourism development in local communities of Shiraz, Iran. Pearson correlation was used to examine relation between tourism impacts and level of community...

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Main Authors: Aref, Fariborz, Redzuan, Ma'rof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/1/Community%20Leaders%E2%80%99%20Perceptions%20toward%20Tourism%20Impacts.pdf
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description This paper investigates relationship between the community leaders’ perceptions toward tourism impacts and their support in building capacity for tourism development in local communities of Shiraz, Iran. Pearson correlation was used to examine relation between tourism impacts and level of community capacity building in tourism development. According to the survey, the strongest relationship between perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of community capacity building are found to be linked with its economic impacts of tourism, while environmental impacts are found to be significant negatively with level of community capacity building.
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spelling upm-136472016-04-21T06:51:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/ Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development Aref, Fariborz Redzuan, Ma'rof This paper investigates relationship between the community leaders’ perceptions toward tourism impacts and their support in building capacity for tourism development in local communities of Shiraz, Iran. Pearson correlation was used to examine relation between tourism impacts and level of community capacity building in tourism development. According to the survey, the strongest relationship between perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of community capacity building are found to be linked with its economic impacts of tourism, while environmental impacts are found to be significant negatively with level of community capacity building. Canadian Center of Science and Education 2009-11 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/1/Community%20Leaders%E2%80%99%20Perceptions%20toward%20Tourism%20Impacts.pdf Aref, Fariborz and Redzuan, Ma'rof (2009) Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development. Journal of Sustainable Development, 2 (3). pp. 208-213. ISSN 1913-9063; ESSN: 1913-9071 http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jsd/article/view/3174 10.5539/jsd.v2n3p208
spellingShingle Aref, Fariborz
Redzuan, Ma'rof
Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
title Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
title_full Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
title_fullStr Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
title_full_unstemmed Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
title_short Community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
title_sort community leaders' perceptions toward tourism impacts and level of building community capacity in tourism development
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13647/1/Community%20Leaders%E2%80%99%20Perceptions%20toward%20Tourism%20Impacts.pdf