Title

Residents’ Support For Tourism Growth In A Mature Destination: A Chronological Study Of Central Florida

Keywords

Growth; Impact; Residents; Tourism

Abstract

The study investigated the perceived impacts of tourism on Central Florida’s residents and predicted their level of support for the industry’s continuous growth. Telephone interviews were conducted with 385 residents in the Central Florida area using a structured questionnaire. The 2001 study results were compared with the findings of a similar study conducted in Central Florida thirteen years earlier. The findings revealed that while a large proportion of the residents favored the presence of tourists in Central Florida, their level of support for their presence was not as eager as it was thirteen years earlier. The transformation in residents’ attitudes was explained by Doxey’s irritation index model (1975) that justified residents’ attitudes at different growth stages of a tourist destination. © 2004, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

12-1-2004

Publication Title

International Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Administration

Volume

5

Issue

4

Number of Pages

67-83

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1300/J149v05n04_04

Socpus ID

76649085155 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/76649085155

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