ABSTRACT

Tourism has been a major economic pillar in numerous cities. A sustainable tourism development is vital while residents’ support is the lynchpin of success. The current study examines if and how support for sustainable tourism development is affected by place perception. Specifically, the mediating role of place attachment and moderating role of length of residency were examined. Drawn from a survey with 568 Macao residents, results show that place perception was a significantly positive contributor to residents’ support because of the higher place attachment. While length of residency strengthened the positive place perception—place attachment link, the place attachment—support link was not contingent on length of residency. The findings enrich the literature by examining the determinants of support for sustainable tourism development, the underlying mechanism, and the alternative role of length of residency. Useful implications for destination governors are discussed.

摘要

旅游业一直是许多城市的主要经济支柱。可持续的旅游业发展至关重要，而居民的支持是成功的关键。目前的研究探讨了对可持续旅游发展的支持是否以及如何受到地方感知的影响。具体来说，考察了地方依恋的中介作用和居住时间的调节作用。一项针对 568 名澳门居民的调查显示，由于地方依恋度较高，地方感知对居民支持有显着的正向贡献。虽然居住时间加强了积极的地方感知——地方依恋链接，地方依恋——支持链接并不取决于居住时间。研究结果通过检查支持可持续旅游发展的决定因素丰富了文献，潜在的机制，以及居住年限的替代作用。讨论了对目的地管理器的有用影响。