Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis

This study applies a factor-cluster analysis to a sample of 321 residents in the city of Valencia based on their perceptions of the impacts of cruises on their city. Three clusters of residents were identified, namely 'pessimists', 'cautious supporters' and 'optimists'....

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Autores: Del Chiappa, Giacomo, Lorenzo Romero, Carlota María, Gallarza, Martina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
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Palabra clave:Community-based tourism
Cruise development
Homeport
Mediterranean
Socio-demographic characteristics
Spain
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spelling Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysisDel Chiappa, GiacomoLorenzo Romero, Carlota MaríaGallarza, MartinaCommunity-based tourismCruise developmentHomeportMediterraneanSocio-demographic characteristicsSpainThis study applies a factor-cluster analysis to a sample of 321 residents in the city of Valencia based on their perceptions of the impacts of cruises on their city. Three clusters of residents were identified, namely 'pessimists', 'cautious supporters' and 'optimists'. Overall, the findings reveal that most respondents doubt the magnitude of positive impact in terms of welfare, social, economic and heritage aspects. Furthermore, there are significant differences between the three clusters, based on age and geographical proximity to the tourist area and port. No significant differences were found based on gender, level of education, numbers of members in household, occupation, length of residency and economic reliance on cruise tourism. This provides contradictory insights when compared to previous studies and sheds light on the fact that studies applying the community-based tourism approach in the context of cruise activity are highly site-specific and hardly generalizable. Hence, contributions to the body of knowledge and managerial implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.Elsevier202420242018info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10578/33683reponame:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLMinstname:Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaInglésinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/336832026-05-27T07:36:41Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
title Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
spellingShingle Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
Del Chiappa, Giacomo
Community-based tourism
Cruise development
Homeport
Mediterranean
Socio-demographic characteristics
Spain
title_short Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
title_full Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
title_fullStr Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
title_full_unstemmed Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
title_sort Host community perceptions toward cruise tourism in a homeport: a cluster analysis
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Del Chiappa, Giacomo
Lorenzo Romero, Carlota María
Gallarza, Martina
author Del Chiappa, Giacomo
author_facet Del Chiappa, Giacomo
Lorenzo Romero, Carlota María
Gallarza, Martina
author_role author
author2 Lorenzo Romero, Carlota María
Gallarza, Martina
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Community-based tourism
Cruise development
Homeport
Mediterranean
Socio-demographic characteristics
Spain
topic Community-based tourism
Cruise development
Homeport
Mediterranean
Socio-demographic characteristics
Spain
description This study applies a factor-cluster analysis to a sample of 321 residents in the city of Valencia based on their perceptions of the impacts of cruises on their city. Three clusters of residents were identified, namely 'pessimists', 'cautious supporters' and 'optimists'. Overall, the findings reveal that most respondents doubt the magnitude of positive impact in terms of welfare, social, economic and heritage aspects. Furthermore, there are significant differences between the three clusters, based on age and geographical proximity to the tourist area and port. No significant differences were found based on gender, level of education, numbers of members in household, occupation, length of residency and economic reliance on cruise tourism. This provides contradictory insights when compared to previous studies and sheds light on the fact that studies applying the community-based tourism approach in the context of cruise activity are highly site-specific and hardly generalizable. Hence, contributions to the body of knowledge and managerial implications are discussed and suggestions for further research are given.
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