Journal
TOURISM MANAGEMENT
Volume 54, Issue -, Pages 418-427Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2015.12.004
Keywords
Resident attitudes; Integrated threat theory; Impact of tourism; Spring break
Funding
- Autonomous University of the State of Mexico
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Within the study of residents' attitudes, the cognitive and affective dimensions of prejudicial attitudes towards tourists have been virtually ignored. If a deeper understanding of negative local attitudes towards tourists is to be achieved, the incorporation of new theoretical frameworks is required. Based on integrated threat theory, this study examines residents' perceptions of, and negative attitudes towards, a quite specific type of tourist spring breakers in Cancun, Mexico. Out of the four components postulated by this theory, realistic threats and intergroup anxiety are dominant constructors of residents' prejudicial attitudes towards tourists. The study's findings also reveal that, perhaps unlike local beliefs about many other types of tourists, residents' perceived threats are closely associated with spring breakers' overt behaviour in the destination. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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