Host Community Perceptions Research Articles

Host community perceptions a cluster analysis

This paper explores how residents in the Balearic Islands of Spain regard tourism as affecting their community, thereby providing a framework for research into attitudes toward this industry in a mature Mediterranean destination. Local attitudes were used to segment the sample into five different opinion groups using a cluster analysis. The overall results indicate that the respondents are aware of some of both the positive and negative effects, and are relatively ambivalent about development proposals that imply an increasing number of tourists. Furthermore, the study demonstrates that some development strategies incur considerable conservation-based opposition while others enjoy general support.

Second home second view: Host community perceptions

This paper discusses second home owners' perceptions of facilities and services within the community, and moves beyond previous research that addressed primary motivation for location decisions. A total of 513 respondents contributed information on outdoor and indoor recreational activities, tax-supported services, health-care services, environment, crowding, and increases in tourism within a Wisconsin second home community. Findings show that the second home owners may influence the facilities, services, and sociocultural aspects of the community. Second home owners' attitudes and perceptions may be as important in determining community direction as permanent resident perceptions.

Host Community Perceptions of Tourism's Im pacts: A Custer Analysis. Tim Schroeder. Visions in Leisure and Business, vol. 10, no. 4, Spring 1992, pp. 43-48. Appalachian Associates, 615 Pasteur Avenue, Bowling Green, OH 43402. $45 annual institutional subscription

Host Community Perceptions of Tourism's Im pacts: A Custer Analysis. Tim Schroeder. Visions in Leisure and Business, vol. 10, no. 4, Spring 1992, pp. 43-48. Appalachian Associates, 615 Pasteur Avenue, Bowling Green, OH 43402. $45 annual institutional subscription