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The social impacts of tourism a case study of bath uk annals of tourism research vol 32 issue 3 2005

Annals of Tourism Research Vol No pp ?? Ó Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain www elsevier com locate atoures - doi j annals THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF TOURISM A Case Study of Bath UK A J Haley Arizona State University USA Tim Snaith Cape Consulting UK Graham Miller University of Surrey UK Abstract The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the attitudes of residents in Bath United Kingdom towards tourism development This paper holds that impact research conducted on hosts ? perceptions is predominantly descriptive and lacking in a consistent approach to measurement The primary aim here is to establish a benchmark study for the city enabling future longitudinal and comparative analyses of host attitudes A sample was secured from the residents and factor and regression analyses conducted to ascertain whether there were any underlying dimensions regarding their attitudes toward tourism development and whether socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were useful predictors of these attitudes Keywords social impacts historic cities Bath host perceptions Ó Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved Re ?sume ? Les impacts sociaux du tourisme une e ?tude de cas de Bath au Royaume-Uni L ? objet de cette e ?tude est d ? identi ?er et d ? examiner les attitudes des habitants d ? une ville britannique envers le de ?veloppement du tourisme L ? article soutient que les recherches entreprises au sujet des perceptions de la communaute ? d ? accueil sont essentiellement descriptives et manquent d ? une approche cohe ?rente au mesurage Le but principal ici est de re ?aliser une e ?tude de re ?fe ?rence de la ville qui permettrait des analyses longitudinales et comparatives futures des attitudes de la communaute ? d ? accueil On a fait un sondage des habitants puis on a fait une analyse factorielle et une analyse de re ?gression pour savoir s ? il y avait des dimensions sous-jacentes relatives a leurs attitudes envers le de ?veloppement du tourisme et si les caracte ?ristiques socioe ?conomiques et de ?mographiques e ?taient des indices utiles de ces attitudes Mots-cle ?s impacts sociaux villes historiques Bath perceptions de la communaute ? d ? accueil Ó Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved INTRODUCTION The literature widely documents that urban tourism has been neglected as a study area Ashworth and consequently lacks a developed understanding or research base Law Page One explanation for this is that the uniqueness of individual cities A Haley is Professor in the College of Public Programs at Arizona State University Tim Snaith is Senior Consultant with Cape Consulting UK Graham Miller is a lecturer in the School of Management University of Surrey Guildford Surrey GU XH UK Email G Miller surrey ac uk All have research interests within the ?eld of sustainability and public policy C SOCIAL IMPACTS hinders reliable comparisons with a sizeable portion of the literature centered on individual cases Thus this study responds to the need for the development of valid and reliable investigations supported by