Residents’ Perceptions towards Tourism Development—The Case of Galaţi-Brăila Conurbation, Romania
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review
3. Methods
4. Results
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- 29.3% of the variance of the Positive Perceptions variable (PP) (coefficient of determination R2 = 0.293);
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- 22.5% of the variance of the Personal Benefits variable (PB) (coefficient of determination R2 = 0. 225);
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- 10.4% of the variance of the Negative Perceptions variable (NP) (coefficient of determination R2 = 0.104).
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Segmentation Criteria | Categories | Number of Respondents | Percentage (%) |
---|---|---|---|
Age | Under 20 years | 4 | 1.16 |
20–39 years | 113 | 32.94 | |
40–65 years | 198 | 57.72 | |
Above 65 years | 28 | 8.16 | |
Sex | Males | 116 | 33.81 |
Females | 227 | 66.19 | |
Incomes | Below 500 euros | 91 | 26.53 |
500–1000 euros | 152 | 44.31 | |
Above 1000 euros | 100 | 29.15 | |
Education | Secondary School | 2 | 0.58 |
High School | 58 | 16.91 | |
Bachelor Diploma | 166 | 48.40 | |
Post University Diploma | 117 | 34.11 | |
Occupation | Agriculture&forestry&fish farming | 2 | 0.58 |
Industrial&Construction activities | 32 | 9.33 | |
Services | 202 | 58.89 | |
Freelancer or Registered sole trader | 27 | 7.87 | |
Pupil or Student | 51 | 14.87 | |
Pensioner | 29 | 8.45 | |
Total | 343 | 100 |
Matrix | Cronbach’s Alpha | Rho_A | Composite Reliability | Average Variance Extracted (AVE) |
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Involvement in tourism | 0.392 | 0.442 | 0.531 | 0.247 |
Negative perceptions | 0.656 | 0.728 | 0.766 | 0.412 |
Personal benefits | 0.657 | 0.660 | 0.853 | 0.744 |
Positive perceptions | 0.882 | 0.889 | 0.906 | 0.518 |
Tourism development | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 |
Fornell–Larcker Criterion | Involvement in Tourism | Negative Perceptions | Personal Benefits | Positive Perceptions | Tourism Development |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Involvement in tourism | 0.497 | ||||
Negative perceptions | −0.182 | 0.642 | |||
Personal benefits | 0.378 | −0.165 | 0.863 | ||
Positive perceptions | 0.542 | −0.235 | 0.766 | 0.720 | |
Tourism development | 0.494 | −0.323 | 0.475 | 0.542 | 1.000 |
Heterotrait–Monotrait Ratio (HTMT) | Involvement in Tourism | Negative Perceptions | Personal Benefits | Positive Perceptions | Tourism Development |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Involvement in tourism | |||||
Negative perceptions | 0.454 | ||||
Personal benefits | 0.569 | 0.279 | |||
Positive perceptions | 0.754 | 0.319 | 1.08 | ||
Tourism development | 0.494 | 0.339 | 0.585 | 0.573 |
Path Coefficients | Original Sample (O) | Sample Mean (M) | Standard Deviation (STDEV) | t Statistics (O/STDEV) | p Values |
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Involvement in tourism → Tourism development | 0.494 | 0.506 | 0.060 | 8.244 | 0.000 |
Tourism development → Negative perceptions | −0.323 | −0.336 | 0.045 | 7.224 | 0.000 |
Tourism development → Personal benefits | 0.475 | 0.478 | 0.057 | 8.332 | 0.000 |
Tourism development → Positive perceptions | 0.542 | 0.548 | 0.053 | 10.286 | 0.000 |
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Șorcaru, I.A.; Capatina, A.; Muntean, M.-C.; Manea, L.-D.; Soare, I. Residents’ Perceptions towards Tourism Development—The Case of Galaţi-Brăila Conurbation, Romania. Sustainability 2022, 14, 7962. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137962
Șorcaru IA, Capatina A, Muntean M-C, Manea L-D, Soare I. Residents’ Perceptions towards Tourism Development—The Case of Galaţi-Brăila Conurbation, Romania. Sustainability. 2022; 14(13):7962. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14137962
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