毕业设计外文翻译西安旅游资源开发的现状及问题研究.doc

Tourism development and residents’ attitude: a case study of YAZD, IRAN The Yazd residents look at tourism development with a promising future to bring more income to the area that can be shared.Investors search to find new attractive business and middle and low classes in the community look to find better job opportunities.This paper assesses the attitude and perception of local residents toward this fast growing industry and also their expectation of authority regarding tourism development in Yazd city.A questionnaire was designed based on five point Likert scale and total 320 usable questionnaires were collected from local residents.Though the result shows positive attitude of local people towards tourism development but they are not totally satisfied with tourism management in the area. Keywords:Tourism development,Yazd(Iran),Local residents,Attitude. INTRODUCTION In general residents’ attitudes towards tourism development can be improved by increasing both tangible and intangible benefits that these populations receive from involving directly in decision-making processes. As Choi Sirakaya (2006) indicate host community attitudes towards tourism is one of important indicators for sustainable tourism development. A number of factors can influence residences’ perceptions about benefits of tourism development and, hence, the extent of their support. Both community participation and recognition of the role of traditional values consistently have been recognized as a fundamental to the success of development projects (Alexander 2000). Stakeholder involvement in the tourism development is a critical factor for success, yet there are many examples of local communities being excluded or only minimally involve in the initial planning and management (Hough 1998; Jacobson 1991; West Brechin 1991; Heinen 1993; Durbin Ralambo 1994). There are different levels of people in community which need different levers for motivation and satisfaction which should be ide