The impacts of tourism have been given much attention by scholars attempting to examine the perceptions as well as … attitudes of the local residents toward tourism. Such studies have been carried out thoroughly in the context of the developed … contribution to the sustainable development of tourism by examining the residents' profile, perceptions and attitudes towards …

This research explores residents' support for tourism by introducing-for the first time-the variable of residents' word …-of-mouth intention. The tested model proposes that residents' support for tourism is influenced by residents' word-of-mouth and tourism … benefits; the model also examines the impacts of community attachment and community involvement on the benefits of tourism. The …