City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.

This study examines local residents' place attachment (PA) to the city or town they live and investigates how this attachment influences their perceptions and support for tourism development (ST), as well as comparing the differences of these relationships among the city and town residents in a...

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Autores principales: Wei Cao, Wendong Yu, Jinhai Xu
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:dfb9c615cb9641cd950de247b61aaabe2021-12-02T20:17:03ZCity vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258365https://doaj.org/article/dfb9c615cb9641cd950de247b61aaabe2021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258365https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203This study examines local residents' place attachment (PA) to the city or town they live and investigates how this attachment influences their perceptions and support for tourism development (ST), as well as comparing the differences of these relationships among the city and town residents in a linear World Heritage Site (WHS) setting. Structural equation model was used to analyze samples of 226 city residents and 235 town residents along the Grand Canal Yangzhou Section, China. The findings suggested that residents' PA is positively correlated their ST. Results also suggested that the PA-ST effect is partially mediated by residents' positive perceptions in the city area while fully mediated by residents' positive and negative perceptions in the town areas. This study could help local governments make heritage development and management policies accordingly for cities and towns along the Grand Canal area.Wei CaoWendong YuJinhai XuPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0258365 (2021)
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Wei Cao
Wendong Yu
Jinhai Xu
City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.
description This study examines local residents' place attachment (PA) to the city or town they live and investigates how this attachment influences their perceptions and support for tourism development (ST), as well as comparing the differences of these relationships among the city and town residents in a linear World Heritage Site (WHS) setting. Structural equation model was used to analyze samples of 226 city residents and 235 town residents along the Grand Canal Yangzhou Section, China. The findings suggested that residents' PA is positively correlated their ST. Results also suggested that the PA-ST effect is partially mediated by residents' positive perceptions in the city area while fully mediated by residents' positive and negative perceptions in the town areas. This study could help local governments make heritage development and management policies accordingly for cities and towns along the Grand Canal area.
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author Wei Cao
Wendong Yu
Jinhai Xu
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Wendong Yu
Jinhai Xu
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title City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.
title_short City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.
title_full City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.
title_fullStr City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.
title_full_unstemmed City vs. Town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear World Cultural Heritage Site.
title_sort city vs. town residents' place attachment, perceptions and support for tourism development in a linear world cultural heritage site.
publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/dfb9c615cb9641cd950de247b61aaabe
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