Clustering residents of a spanish mining site: when attitudes towards tourism are not linked to perceptions

Nuria Porras Bueno (), María Ángeles Plaza Mejía () and David Flores Ruiz ()
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Nuria Porras Bueno: Universidad de Huelva
María Ángeles Plaza Mejía: Universidad de Huelva
David Flores Ruiz: Universidad de Huelva

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2024, issue 58, 131-161

Abstract: This study uses a segmentation framework to categorize the residents of Minas de Riotinto, a mining town in Andalusia, Spain, based on their perceptions of the personal and community effects of tourism. These segments were then classified according to their tourism attitudes, utilizing a three-dimensional approach encompassing affective, cognitive, and behavioral elements. For this purpose, a cluster analysis and the Kruskal-Wallis test were successively applied to the responses of 346 residents. The results revealed three main groups of residents: "interested and enthusiastic supporters", "disinterested and moderate supporters" and "incongruous and impulsive residents". Contrary to our expectations, all groups showed favorable affective attitudes towards tourism development in their region. However, significant differences emerged between groups concerning the cognitive and behavioral dimensions of their attitudes.

Keywords: Tourism impact; resident perceptions; resident segmentation; mining tourism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: R23 R30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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