Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception

Ebru Düşmezkalender; Cihan Seçilmiş; Veysel Yılmaz; Omar Youssef

doi:10.48119/toleho.1363574

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Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception

Abstract

The present study employs a framework of residents’ emotional solidarity with tourists (e.g., welcoming nature, emotional closeness and sympathetic understanding), and tourism’s positive-negative impacts to understand residents’ support for tourism. The Research model was tested using a sample of 405 residents living in Alanya/Turkey. Data were collected using a face-to-face survey. Alternative models were used to test the theoretical structure of this study. The validity and credibility of the constructs were tested through confirmatory factor analysis, while its hypotheses were tested using path analysis. In Model 1, the dimensions of emotional solidarity and the positive and negative impacts of tourism and their direct effects on support for tourism were examined, and Model 2 showed results similar to those in Model 1. Results revealed that welcoming nature and sympathetic understanding had a positive effect on the positive impacts of tourism. However, emotional closeness did not affect the positive impacts associated with tourism. Regarding residents’ support, welcoming nature had the greatest positive effect on the support for tourism compared to other dimensions included in the framework of emotional solidarity, emotional closeness, and sympathetic understanding. The results of this study could enhance destination marketing managers when they need to understand residents’ support for tourism development.

Keywords

Emotional solidarity, Tourism impacts, Support for tourism, Alanya, Turkey

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Tourism (Other)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ebru Düşmezkalender ^*
0000-0001-6197-1394
Türkiye

Cihan Seçilmiş
0000-0001-6781-0997
Türkiye

Veysel Yılmaz
0000-0001-5147-5047
Türkiye

Omar Youssef
0000-0002-9530-6090
Türkiye

Publication Date

January 4, 2024

Submission Date

September 20, 2023

Acceptance Date

November 18, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 5 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48119/toleho.1363574

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APA

Düşmezkalender, E., Seçilmiş, C., Yılmaz, V., & Youssef, O. (2024). Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception. Journal of Tourism Leisure and Hospitality, 5(2), 125-134. https://doi.org/10.48119/toleho.1363574

AMA

1.Düşmezkalender E, Seçilmiş C, Yılmaz V, Youssef O. Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception. TOLEHO. 2024;5(2):125-134. doi:10.48119/toleho.1363574

Chicago

Düşmezkalender, Ebru, Cihan Seçilmiş, Veysel Yılmaz, and Omar Youssef. 2024. “Emotional Solidarity and Tourism Effect on Support for Tourism Development: Residents’ Perception”. Journal of Tourism Leisure and Hospitality 5 (2): 125-34. https://doi.org/10.48119/toleho.1363574.

EndNote

Düşmezkalender E, Seçilmiş C, Yılmaz V, Youssef O (January 1, 2024) Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception. Journal of Tourism Leisure and Hospitality 5 2 125–134.

IEEE

[1]E. Düşmezkalender, C. Seçilmiş, V. Yılmaz, and O. Youssef, “Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception”, TOLEHO, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 125–134, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.48119/toleho.1363574.

ISNAD

Düşmezkalender, Ebru - Seçilmiş, Cihan - Yılmaz, Veysel - Youssef, Omar. “Emotional Solidarity and Tourism Effect on Support for Tourism Development: Residents’ Perception”. Journal of Tourism Leisure and Hospitality 5/2 (January 1, 2024): 125-134. https://doi.org/10.48119/toleho.1363574.

JAMA

1.Düşmezkalender E, Seçilmiş C, Yılmaz V, Youssef O. Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception. TOLEHO. 2024;5:125–134.

MLA

Düşmezkalender, Ebru, et al. “Emotional Solidarity and Tourism Effect on Support for Tourism Development: Residents’ Perception”. Journal of Tourism Leisure and Hospitality, vol. 5, no. 2, Jan. 2024, pp. 125-34, doi:10.48119/toleho.1363574.

Vancouver

1.Ebru Düşmezkalender, Cihan Seçilmiş, Veysel Yılmaz, Omar Youssef. Emotional solidarity and tourism effect on support for tourism development: Residents’ perception. TOLEHO. 2024 Jan. 1;5(2):125-34. doi:10.48119/toleho.1363574

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