The occasional tourist: behavioural intentions for tourist facilities
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Merrilees, Bill
Miller, Dale
Herington, Carmel
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2005
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Previous literature does not adequately address the perceptions that residents have of
their own place of living. The residents are a major stakeholder in tourism and their
perspective has been overlooked, other than their views about tourists. To analyse
this perspective, a structural model is developed to explain the formation of resident’s
attitude to their city brand and further the path to explaining intentions of residents to
act as “occasional tourists” in their own city. The statistical tests demonstrate the
validity of the structural model.Previous literature does not adequately address the perceptions that residents have of
their own place of living. The residents are a major stakeholder in tourism and their
perspective has been overlooked, other than their views about tourists. To analyse
this perspective, a structural model is developed to explain the formation of resident’s
attitude to their city brand and further the path to explaining intentions of residents to
act as “occasional tourists” in their own city. The statistical tests demonstrate the
validity of the structural model.
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ANZMAC 2005 Conference - Broadening the Boundaries
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