Residents Perception of Sustainable Tourism Destination Development - A Destination Governance Issue

• Published in: Global business and finance review Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 24 - 35
• Main Authors: Gajdosik, Tomas, Gajdosikova, Zuzana, Strazanova, Romana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Seoul People and Global Business Association 01.03.2018; 사람과세계경영학회
• Subjects: Ecotourism; Tourism; 경영학
• ISSN: 1088-6931; 2384-1648
• DOI: 10.17549/gbfr.2018.23.1.24

Tourism destination governance is nowadays a well discussed topic in scientific literature. It considers the view of different stakeholders in tourism development. Residents belong to one of the most important stakeholders in a tourism destination as they co-create the tourism product and can significantly affect the visitors gaze on destination. Therefore the aim of the study is to find out the interaction between residents perception of tourism development and their involvement in destination governance issues. The economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism in two mountain destinations are analysed from the viewpoint of residents. The semi-structured interviews took place in mature mountain destinations ? Val Gardena in Italy and High Tatras in Slovakia. The study concludes that the inclusion of residents in destination governance issues leads to their higher satisfaction and it addresses the need to consider more the residents perception of sustainable tourism destination development. The novelty of the study is in the combination of destination governance approach and residents perception of sustainable tourism destination development.