RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON TOURISM IMPACT FACTORS: A STUDY OF OHRID, NORTH MACEDONIA

Petrevska, Biljana and Mihalič, Tanja and Andreeski, Cvetko RESIDENTS’ PERCEPTION ON TOURISM IMPACT FACTORS: A STUDY OF OHRID, NORTH MACEDONIA. HORIZONS.A, 26.

Text resident-perception.pdf Download (690kB)

Abstract

Rapid tourism growth may negatively affect the sustainability of the
destination and disrupt the life of local residents. This paper explores the
direct and indirect connections among tourism impact factors in the area of
sustainability. Exploratory factor analysis is conducted in order to assess the
underlying dimension of residents’ satisfaction with given impacts of
tourism development. The authors use the three-pillar sustainability concept
(socio-cultural, environmental and economic) and suggest a model that
measures residents’ attitudes on tourism impacts. The model is empirically
tested by elaborating the case of Ohrid (North Macedonia). The study
informs tourism policy makers how to manage tourism impacts and to
improve sustainability perspective. The proposed model can be adopted and
applied to any tourism destination facing unsustainable development.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Scientific Fields (Frascati) > Social Sciences > Economics and Business
Divisions:	Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality
Depositing User:	Prof. d-r Cvetko Andreeski
Date Deposited:	04 Apr 2023 10:00
Last Modified:	04 Apr 2023 10:00
URI:	https://eprints.uklo.edu.mk/id/eprint/7908

Actions (login required)

View Item