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An Investigation of Differences in Residents' Perceptions on the Kumbalanghi Village in Ernakulam, Kerala: Tourism Impacts and Demographic Variables
The resident community of destination is one of the major stakeholders of tourism and their support is important for the sustainable development of the destination. It is very important to understand the different factors which affect their support. Most of the literature shows the resident’s percep...
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ISBN 978-93-82338-84-0
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005017.pdf |
| Summary: | The resident community of destination is one of the major stakeholders of tourism and their support is
important for the sustainable development of the destination. It is very important to understand the different factors which
affect their support. Most of the literature shows the resident’s perceptions of tourism impacts are the major predictor of
their support and the present study was conducted with the objective of whether the demographic variables such as age,
marital status, sex and educational qualification have got any effect on residents’ perceptions of various tourism
development impacts. The study was conducted in Kumbalanghi village in Ernakulam district. The study found that age and
marital status are predictor of on residents’ perceptions of various tourism development impacts and the study didn’t finds
any significance for gender and educational qualification in predicting the residents’ attitudes towards the perceived impacts
of tourism. |
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| Item Description: | paper presented in International Conference on Trends & Challenges in Global Business Management 22, November 2013 - 23, November 2013 |