Modeling resident attitudes toward tourism.

Numerous analyses have been performed to ic resident attitudes toward tourism. This article extends the subject by introducing a synthetic conceptual model of attitudes. Using data from a survey, two sets of specific models derived from this general one are evaluated using structural equation modeling (e.g., LISREL), The value-attitude models indicate that the strength of resident values regarding economic gain better predict attitudes than do values regarding disruption within the community. The expectancy-value models indicate that perceived economic and congestion impacts have greater effect on attitudes than do perceived crime and aesthetic impacts. The data support the hypothesis that demographic variables affect attitudes indirectly through values. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd, All rights reserved.