Abstract
The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences between residents and visitors in their attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable tourism. The study examines the validity of the 21-item version of SUS-TAS, measuring invariance between residents’ and visitors’ attitudes in Madrid, a mature tourist destination with high use of accommodation-sharing platforms, in order to have a new testable tool for future sustainable planning. For multi-group invariance assessment, the Spanish version of the SUS-TAS for residents and the version for visitors are validated separately following a first-order, seven-factor model. The multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed full configural invariance, partial metric invariance and partial scalar invariance across residents and visitors. Findings suggest that the main variations between residents and visitors were related to the “community-centered economy” and “maximizing community participation” constructs. To conclude, SUS-TAS can be used to measure residents’ and visitors’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism in a context with high use of accommodation-sharing platforms. Implications for future research and limitations are discussed.
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