Resident's attitudes towards the impacts of tourism

Abstract

This text makes a tour through the most important aspects of residents' attitudes towards the impact of tourism in relation to some of the most studied variables that attempt to explain the behaviour of residents. The heterogeneity of methodologies and different models or theories proposed to the present day have not produced results with universal validity or efficacy, so these studies could be directed to the analysis of other variables beyond the tourism sector and especially focusing on local studies. Tourist destinations are places conditioned by history, tourist developments and social and cultural aspects which make each tourist area identified by factors that shape the zone. This paper opens a discussion on the limitations of the methods and theories developed for the study of resident attitudes towards tourism. The creation of a new framework of study that overcomes the identified problems is advocated.