Effects of exceeding social carrying capacity on residents’ support for tourism: The mediating role of community participation and quality of life

Authors : İlker KILIÇ, Cihan SEÇİLMİŞ

Pages : 341-355

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Publication Date : 2022-06-16

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This paper aims to examine how social carrying capacity insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SCC); overrun in developing destinations affects support for tourism development insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SDT);. Besides, quality of life insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(QL); and the mediating role of community participation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CP); in this effect were examined. The basis of this structural relationship is based on the Social Exchange Theory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SET);, the Tourist Area Life Cycle Model and the Irridex Model claimed by Doxey. The relationship between the relevant variables was tested by Structural Equation Modeling insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SEM);. The research universe is composed of all the local people living in Ürgüp, Goreme, Avanos, Uçhisar and Derinkuyu regions which are the most visited regions of Cappadocia. The data were obtained from the local people insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(N: 423); using stratified sampling, one of the probability-based sampling techniques. According to the results of the research, the perceived SCC overrun of the local people reduces SDT. Besides, QL and CP mediate the impact of SCC in the development of tourism. This paper contributes to the relevant literature revealing the negative effects of SCC overrun on SDT within the scope of SET.
Keywords : Social Carrying Capacity, Quality Life, Community Participation, Support Development Tourism