College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, China.
College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu Province, China.
PLoS One. 2021 Oct 11;16(10):e0258365. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258365. eCollection 2021.
This study examines local residents' place attachment (PA) to the city or town they live and investigates how this attachment influences their perceptions and support for tourism development (ST), as well as comparing the differences of these relationships among the city and town residents in a linear World Heritage Site (WHS) setting. Structural equation model was used to analyze samples of 226 city residents and 235 town residents along the Grand Canal Yangzhou Section, China. The findings suggested that residents' PA is positively correlated their ST. Results also suggested that the PA-ST effect is partially mediated by residents' positive perceptions in the city area while fully mediated by residents' positive and negative perceptions in the town areas. This study could help local governments make heritage development and management policies accordingly for cities and towns along the Grand Canal area.
本研究考察了当地居民对其居住的城市或城镇的地方依恋(PA),并调查了这种依恋如何影响他们对旅游发展(ST)的看法和支持,同时比较了在一个线性世界遗产地(WHS)环境中城市和城镇居民之间这些关系的差异。结构方程模型用于分析中国京杭大运河扬州段 226 名城市居民和 235 名城镇居民的样本。研究结果表明,居民的 PA 与他们的 ST 呈正相关。结果还表明,PA-ST 效应在城市地区部分由居民的积极看法中介,而在城镇地区则完全由居民的积极和消极看法中介。本研究可以帮助大运河沿线的城市和城镇的地方政府制定相应的遗产发展和管理政策。