Catalyst or Barrier? The Influence of Place Attachment on Perceived Community Resilience in Tourism Destinations

The concept of resilience has recently received a substantial amount of attention in sustainable tourism research. Nevertheless, empirical studies on the factors that may influence the perceived resilience of community residents in tourism destinations remain lacking. A thorough analysis is needed t...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 10; no. 7; p. 2347
Main Authors Guo, Yongrui, Zhang, Jie, Zhang, Yuling, Zheng, Chunhui
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 06.07.2018
Subjects
Communities
Dependence
Earthquakes
Immigrants
Resilience
Seismic activity
Sustainable tourism
Tourism
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Summary:The concept of resilience has recently received a substantial amount of attention in sustainable tourism research. Nevertheless, empirical studies on the factors that may influence the perceived resilience of community residents in tourism destinations remain lacking. A thorough analysis is needed to examine place attachment as a catalyst of or a barrier to community resilience in tourism destinations. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze the influence of place attachment on perceived resilience based on data derived from 655 residents in two earthquake-affected tourism communities in Sichuan Province, China. The empirical results indicate that place identity and place dependence have a positive influence on the perceived resilience of community residents in tourism destinations. The equality test for the structural model demonstrates that the influence of place attachment on perceived community resilience is invariant across native residents and lifestyle tourism immigrants. Residents who develop strong place attachment to their communities exhibit greater resilience and adaptive capacity.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su10072347