Residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism governance and development

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Abstract

This study describes the support and participation of the residents in Saranda and Ksamil (Albania) in the planning and development process of tourism as a key element for the sustainable management of tourism resources (Ahmeti et al., 2019). The purpose of this study is the analysis of residents’ perceptions of the governance and development of sustainable tourism. To evaluate the structural relationship between the variables, the Likert scale, and the nominal measure were used, and the exogenous variables were considered as predictors for the endogenous variable. This study found the independent variable to have a significant impact on the residents’ behavior (95% level of significance), so we can say that the attitudes of the community about the environment affect community support for sustainable tourism development in their area. This area gets direct and sharpest visible impacts so far, from tourist development. There is an attractive landscape for tourists, and it is at the core of the debates on sustainable tourism development planning. The results of this study will present to the local government in Saranda to see that the attitudes of the residents towards the environment and nature are in harmony with nature.

Keywords: ICT, Sustainable Development, Government Policy, Regulation, Sustainable Tourism, Residents, Tourism and Development

Authors’ individual contribution: Conceptualization — P.D. and A.D.; Methodology — P.D.; Investigation — P.D.; Resources — P.D. and A.D.; Writing — P.D. and A.D.; Supervision — A.D.; Funding Acquisition — P.D.

Declaration of conflicting interests: The Authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

JEL Classification: D10, G38, J18, Q20, Z32

Received: 23.07.2022
Accepted: 04.04.2023
Published online: 07.04.2023

How to cite this paper: Draçi, P., & Demi, A. (2023). Residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism governance and development. Corporate & Business Strategy Review, 4(2), 94–113. https://doi.org/10.22495/cbsrv4i2art9