Ali Akbar Amin Bidokhti; Sakineh Jafari; Vahidreza farhadi
Volume 9, Issue 26 , July 2014, , Pages 7-30
Abstract
The purpose of the paper was to test the relationship of communityattachment and community involvement with sustainable tourismdevelopment. The mediating role of perceived effects in local societykashan. Participants were 200 employees (kashan peoples) who wereselected by using simple cluster sampling ...
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The purpose of the paper was to test the relationship of communityattachment and community involvement with sustainable tourismdevelopment. The mediating role of perceived effects in local societykashan. Participants were 200 employees (kashan peoples) who wereselected by using simple cluster sampling method. All of theparticipants completed scales of community attachment, communityinvolvement, sustainable tourism development and perceived effects.Data were analyzed with path analysis model by using LISRELsoftware. Results showed that community involvement had a structuraleffect on sustainable tourism development directly. Communityattachment by mediating perceived benefits had an indirect effect onsustainable tourism development. Also, perceived benefits had a directeffect on sustainable tourism development. Perceived costs had anegative and direct effect on sustainable tourism development.
