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Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of Tourism Development in the Historic City of Toledo, Spain

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  • Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez

    (Department of Geography, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain)

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Historic centers have become first-line tourist destinations. In order to achieve sustainable development, it is essential to get to know the opinions of the host community on the impact of tourism, the positives, as well as the negatives. This paper aims to understand the residents’ opinions and perceptions of destinations as the historic cities. This research looks into the residents’ opinions on the impact of tourism in the historic city of Toledo, Spain. The results of a quantitative survey among 442 residents in the city of Toledo are presented. The study is a revision of the literature and analysis and explanation of an empiric study’s results. Descriptive statistics have been used, as well as factor analysis and non-parametric tests to analyze data. The main results point out that residents have a positive vision of tourism development, rather than negative. The economic importance of tourism and its ability to create jobs stand out. However, they also think that the historic center is being turned into a museum for tourists. Analyzing their opinions according to certain demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, some major differences come up, such as that the inhabitants of residential areas have a more positive opinion than those who live in the historic center. Understanding the perspective of the residents can help the managers and planners of the tourism in the city to play down the potential negative impact of tourism and to achieve support from the host community in regards to tourism.

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  • Luis Alfonso Escudero Gómez, 2019. "Residents’ Opinions and Perceptions of Tourism Development in the Historic City of Toledo, Spain," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(14), pages 1-24, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:11:y:2019:i:14:p:3854-:d:248599
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