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The aim of this research is to examine whether there are differences in their attitudes toward supporting tourism development according to the development level of destinations. For the purposes of the study, the attitudes of local community toward supporting tourism development have been tested and relationships between the variables compared in a structural model with the help of the observed variables (perceived positive impacts of tourism and perceived negative impacts of tourism, personal benefit from tourism development, local community’s satisfaction with tourism development) for the two destinations which have different levels of tourism development. Data were collected from the local people living in two tourism destinations (Manavgat-Serik and Kas-Kalkan) located in the city of Antalya through face to face survey in March and April 2013. Findings showed that the residents of the two regions satisfaction level increased in the case of an increase in perception of the benefits that they provided from tourism development. However, it was found out that while perceived positive impacts related to the tourism development on the local people were high in Manavgat-Serik, which is at the development stage of tourism life cycle, perceived negative impacts of tourism on the local people were high in Kas-Kalkan, which is at the decline stage of tourism life cycle. Although the people of the region benefited from tourism development, they had the perception that tourism development had negative impacts. This situation is reflected on negative attitudes of local people toward their satisfaction levels and support the development of tourism. The findings were evaluated together with the both of tourism properties and relevant literature

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