Purpose Structural equation modeling (SEM) depicts one of the most salient research methods across a variety of disciplines, including hospitality management. Although for many researchers, SEM is equivalent to carrying out covariance-based SEM, recent research advocates the use of partial least...

This paper investigates and compares the effects of residents' perceptions of the impacts of tourism on community participation and support for tourism development across urban and rural world heritage sites (WHSs). Partial least squares e structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), has been...

City development strategies (CDS) have been employed by more than 200 cities worldwide to cope with the challenges of the 21st century. Globalization, decentralization, and rapid population growth have brought about new conditions in cities and have thus entailed the need for a new approach to...

This article compares the effects of factors influencing residents’ perceptions toward tourism development in urban and rural World Heritage Sites (WHSs). This study has been conducted in the rural Lenggong and urban George Town WHSs in Malaysia. Partial least squares–structural equation...

Effective interpretation among visitors to heritage sites contributes towards achieving sustainable tourism. Mindful visitors are more likely to be interested in being educated and learning about a site; therefore, mindfulness can play a key role in the formation of effective interpretations....

This paper examines a framework for facilitating the implementation of City Development Strategy (CDS). Two facets of this framework are explored; factors deduced from previous CDS experiences as having an influence on strategy implementation, and the balanced scorecard (BSC), which is a method...

This paper aims to investigate tourists' perceptions of crowding and factors influencing those perceptions. The effects of visitor socio-demographic characteristics, economic factors, and destination situational characteristics are investigated. Questionnaire data were collected from a sample of...

This paper explores levels of local community involvement in the tourism industry and identifies related constraints in Kinabalu National Park, Malaysia. A total of 378 questionnaires were completed by the respondents. The findings indicate that the majority of the respondents have been involved...