Resident Perceptions of Tourist Attractions on the Gold Coast of Australia

Loading...
Thumbnail Image
File version
Author(s)
J. Lawton, Laura
Griffith University Author(s)
Primary Supervisor
Other Supervisors
Editor(s)

Richard R. Perdue

Date
2005
Size

305628 bytes

File type(s)

application/pdf

Location
License
Abstract

Personal construct theory was used to identify resident perceptions of 12 elicited tourist attractions on the Gold Coast of Australia. A cluster analysis of these residents revealed nature-biased (45%), unenthusiastic (40%), hinterland hesitant (8%), and enthusiastic (7%) groupings, with significant differences occurring in gender, length of residence, and age. The finding that tourist attractions positively influence residents' quality of life despite the assessment of built attractions as commercialized, touristy, expensive, and noisy/hectic may owe to the status of the Gold Coast as a tourism city. Tourism overall is perceived less positively than its constituent attractions, which may reflect the relatively less positive perceptions of one attraction in particular, Surfers Paradise. Revitalization of this iconic tourism district may therefore improve overall attitudes toward tourism among residents.

Journal Title

Journal of Travel Research

Conference Title
Book Title
Edition
Volume

44

Issue

2

Thesis Type
Degree Program
School
Publisher link
Patent number
Funder(s)
Grant identifier(s)
Rights Statement
Rights Statement

© 2005 SAGE Publications. This is the author-manuscript version of the paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.

Item Access Status
Note
Access the data
Related item(s)
Subject

Commercial Services

Marketing

Tourism

Persistent link to this record
Citation
Collections