The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia
<p>This study assessed local residents’ attitudesin Serbia toward the impact of agritourismin their surroundings, using a Tourism ImpactAttitude Scale (TIAS). Till now, analysis of theimpact of tourism on the attitudes of residentsin rural areas of Serbia and other Balkan transitionalcountries...
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author | Marko D. PETROVIĆ Ivana BLEŠIĆ Aleksandra VUJKO Tamara GAJIĆ |
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description | <p>This study assessed local residents’ attitudesin Serbia toward the impact of agritourismin their surroundings, using a Tourism ImpactAttitude Scale (TIAS). Till now, analysis of theimpact of tourism on the attitudes of residentsin rural areas of Serbia and other Balkan transitionalcountries is insuffi ciently researched. Theanalyzed items of the TIAS were grouped intofour factors: personal and community benefi ts(grouped eight items); negative impacts (sevenitems); concern for the local tourism development(fi ve items); and general opinion abouttourism development (three items). The factorsexplain 47.47% of the variance. Furthermore,the results showed that residents consider thepossibility to have more money to spend as themost important impact of tourism development. Itis followed by the support of local authorities topromote tourism development. The third relevantissue for the residents is related with encouragementof tourism in the local community. Theseare the key propositions to start an initiative forthe local communities to actively participate inagritourism development. The results provideresidents, tourism organizers and local authoritieswith important community perceptions pertainingto the agritourism’s impact.</p> |
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spelling | doaj.art-a8af22637aae45739df80b728e50d73a2024-03-14T07:28:37ZengBabes-Bolyai University, Cluj-NapocaTransylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences1842-28452017-02-01135014616310.24193/tras.2017.0009533The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From SerbiaMarko D. PETROVIĆ0Ivana BLEŠIĆ1Aleksandra VUJKO2Tamara GAJIĆ3Research Associate, Social Geography Department, Geographical Institute ‘Jovan Cvijić’, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SASA), Belgrade, SerbiaAssociate Professor, Department of Geography, Tourism and Hotel Management, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, SerbiaAssistant Professor, Novi Sad Business School, Novi Sad, SerbiaAssistant Professor, Novi Sad Business School, Novi Sad, Serbia<p>This study assessed local residents’ attitudesin Serbia toward the impact of agritourismin their surroundings, using a Tourism ImpactAttitude Scale (TIAS). Till now, analysis of theimpact of tourism on the attitudes of residentsin rural areas of Serbia and other Balkan transitionalcountries is insuffi ciently researched. Theanalyzed items of the TIAS were grouped intofour factors: personal and community benefi ts(grouped eight items); negative impacts (sevenitems); concern for the local tourism development(fi ve items); and general opinion abouttourism development (three items). The factorsexplain 47.47% of the variance. Furthermore,the results showed that residents consider thepossibility to have more money to spend as themost important impact of tourism development. Itis followed by the support of local authorities topromote tourism development. The third relevantissue for the residents is related with encouragementof tourism in the local community. Theseare the key propositions to start an initiative forthe local communities to actively participate inagritourism development. The results provideresidents, tourism organizers and local authoritieswith important community perceptions pertainingto the agritourism’s impact.</p>https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/516agritourism, tourism impact attitude scale (tias), residents’ attitudes, rural area, serbia. |
spellingShingle | Marko D. PETROVIĆ Ivana BLEŠIĆ Aleksandra VUJKO Tamara GAJIĆ The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences agritourism, tourism impact attitude scale (tias), residents’ attitudes, rural area, serbia. |
title | The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia |
title_full | The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia |
title_fullStr | The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia |
title_full_unstemmed | The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia |
title_short | The Role of Agritourism’s Impact on the Local Community in a Transitional Society: A Report From Serbia |
title_sort | role of agritourism s impact on the local community in a transitional society a report from serbia |
topic | agritourism, tourism impact attitude scale (tias), residents’ attitudes, rural area, serbia. |
url | https://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/516 |
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