Modelling local attitudes to protected areas in developing countries

C Bragagnolo, ACM Malhado, P Jepson… - Conservation and …, 2016 - journals.lww.com
During a time of intensifying competition for land, Protected Areas (PAs) are coming under
increasing pressure to justify their status. Positive local attitudes to a PA are a potentially …

Personal norms and the adoption of pro-environmental binning behaviour in national parks: An integrated structural model approach

K Esfandiar, R Dowling, J Pearce… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
A pro-environmental behaviour to solve the problem of litter management in the national
parks is binning. This study is the first to explore the factors affecting an individual's binning …

Residents' support for red tourism in China: The moderating effect of central government

B Zuo, D Gursoy, G Wall - Annals of tourism research, 2017 - Elsevier
This study proposes and tests a model that incorporates two competing theories of political
trust, institutional trust and cultural trust, to examine community support for “red tourism” …

Resident perceptions of social–ecological resilience and the sustainability of community-based tourism development in the Commonwealth of Dominica

PJ Holladay, RB Powell - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Despite major investments in community-based tourism to diversify economies, reduce
poverty and improve life quality in the Caribbean, little is known about what conditions lead …

Seeking tourism sustainability–A case study of Tioman Island, Malaysia

SI Ng, KW Chia, JA Ho, S Ramachandran - Tourism Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract This study evaluates Tioman Island's sustainability achievement using the
Sustainable Ecotourism Indicator System (SEIS). Sustainability is achieved if each …

Ecotourism's contributions to conservation: Analysing patterns in published studies

C Wardle, R Buckley, A Shakeela… - Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Ecotourism is often promoted for its potential to act as a conservation mechanism by:
mobilising political, financial and social support for conservation; increasing environmental …

Community perceptions towards the impacts of ecotourism development in the central highlands of Ethiopia: the case of Lake Wanchi and its adjacent landscapes

AT Angessa, B Lemma, K Yeshitela, M Endrias - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
Scientific studies harmonizing biodiversity conservation, ecotourism development, and local
livelihoods in areas of natural endowments have significant importance in the welfare of …

Sustainability assessment of cultural heritage tourism: Case study of pingyao ancient city in China

L Weng, BJ He, L Liu, C Li, X Zhang - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
Cultural heritage tourism (CHT) has become an important part of the tourism industry.
Therefore, it is essential to evaluate the sustainability of CHT destinations for tourism …

Enhancing sustainability in Belize's ecotourism sector: A fuzzy Delphi and fuzzy DEMATEL Investigation of Key Indicators

M Ruano, CY Huang, PH Nguyen, LAT Nguyen, HQ Le… - Mathematics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sustainable ecotourism has become a strategy to balance tourism growth with
environmental and sociocultural considerations. This study aims to propose an integrated …

Re-conceptualizing volunteer tourism organizations roles: A host perspective

EA Mensah, E Agyeiwaah, FE Otoo - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2021 - Elsevier
While volunteer tourism organizations (VTOs) remain important intermediaries in the
practice of volunteer tourism, questions remain on the role they play in serving the interests …