How Do Tourism Stakeholders Support Sustainable Tourism Development: The Case of Iran

The aim of this paper is to empirically examine the effect of emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, stakeholders’ commitment, perceived economic benefit, and cost on the sustainable tourism development in the Iranian tourism sector. Data were collected from surveying 258 Iranian stakeholders...

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Published inSustainability Vol. 15; no. 9; p. 7661
Main Authors Wu, Xiaoyuan, Hashemi, Shiva, Yao, Yiyue, Kiumarsi, Shaian, Liu, Danping, Tang, Jinquan
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.05.2023
Subjects
Analysis
Attitudes
Community
Cooperation
Emotions
Industrialized nations
Literature reviews
Multivariate statistical analysis
Perceptions
Social exchange theory
Stakeholders
Surveys
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Sustainable tourism
Tourism
Tourism development
Travel industry
Iran
United Kingdom
China
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to empirically examine the effect of emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, stakeholders’ commitment, perceived economic benefit, and cost on the sustainable tourism development in the Iranian tourism sector. Data were collected from surveying 258 Iranian stakeholders. The analysis was completed by using Partial Least Squares—Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings show that there is a direct effect of emotional solidarity and stakeholders’ attitude on perceived economic benefit. Stakeholders’ attitude and commitment influence perceived cost, and perceived economic benefits and sustainable tourism development were highly associated. Moreover, perceived economic benefit plays the mediator role between emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, and supports sustainable tourism development. This study makes significant contributions to the body of tourism literature by confirming the link between emotional solidarity, stakeholders’ attitude, stakeholders’ commitment, perceived economic benefit and cost on support in sustainable tourism development. Furthermore, this study offers several practical implications for local authorities and tourism policies aiming to improve support and engagement in tourism planning for aiding sustainable tourism development in Iran.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su15097661