Linking Culture and the Environment

Table 14.1. Continued
Tourism attitude items
Strongly
disagree Disagree Unsure Agree
Strongly
agree
Tourists negatively affect a community’s way of life 13.3 49.9 20.0 13.4 3.4 2.4
Native people are being exploited by tourism 15.6 45.8 24.4 9.8 4.4 2.4
Environmental
Tourism development increases the traffic problems of an area 2.2 12.8 12.6 50.6 21.9 3.8
Because of tourism communities develop more parks and recreational areas 3.0 11.0 18.2 51.3 16.5 3.7
that local residents can use
Tourism development improves the appearance of an area 2.6 8.6 18.7 56.8 13.3 3.7
Tourism results in more litter in an area 3.3 24.7 21.9 39.6 10.6 3.3
The environmental impacts resulting from tourism are relatively minor 6.7 24.4 32.0 32.7 4.1 3.0
In recent years, my community has become overcrowded because of tourists 11.0 53.9 17.8 13.9 3.5 2.5
Overall
It is important that community residents be involved in decisions about tourism 0.8 1.4 6.0 55.6 36.1 4.3
The overall benefits of tourism outweigh the negative impacts 2.4 6.2 20.8 47.8 22.8 3.8
My community’s residents are courteous and friendly to tourists 1.5 6.3 28.3 54.5 9.4 3.6
Sample size for data reported in this table is 1347.
Mean
240 The Attitudes of Community Residents Towards Tourism