Differences in Stakeholder Attitudes of Tourism development and the natural Environment
Erick T Byrd, David A. Cardenas, and Skye E. Dregalla
The University of North Carolina
Abstract: Differences in Stakeholder Attitudes of Tourism development and the natural Environment Stakeholder inclusion, participation and management have become a critical issue in sustainable tourism development and management. The purpose of this study was to identify if there were differences in the traditional stakeholder groups‟ mean attitudes about tourism and the natural environment and if a difference did exist which stakeholder groups were different. Based on the study, government officials were found to be statistically different from the residents and business owners in mean responses on one of 14 items: “Tourism development should be discouraged when it harms the environment.”
Key words: Stakeholders Inclusion, Attitudes, Sustainable Tourism, Natural Environment
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