Socio-demographic effects on Anzali wetland tourism development

Mana Khoshkam, Azizan Marzuki and Usama Al-mulali ()

Tourism Management, 2016, vol. 54, issue C, 96-106

Abstract: This study explores the attitudes of residents of Iran's Anzali wetland toward tourism development. The investigators examine how these attitudes are mitigated by three different socio-demographic variables; family size, length of residency, and distance from tourist zone. This study assumes that the development process is affected by residents and that their attitudes are predictive of the success or failure of a tourism development. Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis is used to test both the research model and the hypotheses. The results reveal a positive and direct relationship between the perceived impact of development and residents' attitudes toward tourism development in the Anzali wetland.

Keywords: Socio-demographic characteristics; Impact; Partial Least Squares (PLS); Anzali wetland; Attitudes; Perceptions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.10.012

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