Relevance of Social, Economic, and Environmental Impacts on Residents’ Satisfaction with the Public Administration of Tourism

María-Elena Sánchez del Río-Vázquez, Carlos J. Rodríguez-Rad and María-Ángeles Revilla-Camacho
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María-Elena Sánchez del Río-Vázquez: Business Administration and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
Carlos J. Rodríguez-Rad: Business Administration and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain
María-Ángeles Revilla-Camacho: Business Administration and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 22, 1-15

Abstract: Those in charge of tourism destinations face the need to create tourism development models compatible with the essence of the localities that they manage. These models have to be sustainable, both environmentally and socially, and also must become drivers of the local economy. However, tourists also generate negative impacts in the locality which, when they are perceived by the residents, can give rise to a rejection of visitors. Hence, improving the tourism management is necessary. This is why to know the residents’ perceptions about the impacts of tourism is essential. Moreover, measuring the impact effects on their satisfaction with the public administration of the destination can be of great usefulness. This study falls into this research line, as it proposes a model to measure these impacts and their effect on satisfaction. To do so, an empirical study is performed among residents in the city of Seville (southern Spain, one of the most visited destinations in the world), based on subjective economic, social, and environmental indicators. The results show that the citizens value three types of impacts, the social impact coming after the economic impact as to its influence on their satisfaction with the administration. Based on this, we postulate that the efforts made to attract events to the city, or to improve connections to access a broader market, must be approached as public procurements in which selection criteria that are compatible with the destination’s positioning and strategy prevail. Social and environmental criteria should be considered among these criteria.

Keywords: social impact; environmental impact; economic impact; tourism management; perceived value (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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