Third International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

Abstract

This paper summarizes an extensive literature review addressing the question, in which way the impacts and effects of tourism development have been both conceptualized and measured vis-à-vis the distinction between individuals and communities? It considers both conceptualisation and construction of the existing theoretical/empirical models of resident attitudes towards tourism published from 1990 to 2015. The discussion of findings is structured through perceptions of tourism impacts, and their antecedent and dependent variables. To stimulate future research and debate, this paper suggests rethinking resident reactions to tourism in terms of perceived tourism impacts that affect residents directly at an individual level vs. indirectly at a community level.