Research on residents' perceptions on tourism impacts and attitudes: a case study of Pingyao Ancient City

Abstract

Residents’ perceptions on tourism impacts and attitudes towards tourism development have a great influence on tourism sustainable development. But the measuring factors of research on residents’ perceptions on tourism impacts are not unified. This paper takes Pingyao ancient city as a case and employs interviewing method, and it analyzes residents’ perceptions on tourism economic impacts, socio-cultural impacts and environmental impacts. Furthermore, the paper examines the significance of taking the manners of people who participate in tourism into consideration. Results show that the residents have some perceptions on tourism impacts, but the overall satisfaction of tourism development is not high, and there is a small proportion of a heater or opponents. In addition, residents who participate in tourism in different patterns have distinctly different perceptions on tourism impacts, and the community development can be used to explain the difference of residents’ perceptions.Peer Reviewe