Abstract:

The development of tourism activities in the destinations creates positive/negative environmental, economic and socio-cultural effects. The development of tourism and its continuity after its development depends on the attitudes and behaviors of the local people in that region. The direction of the perception of the effects of tourism by the local people and the level of support to tourism influences. This study has sought to determine how the positive and negative effects of tourism affect the perceptions of the local people about the presence of tourists and what the impact of the local people on the quality of social life. The data in the study was collected with a survey that included the scale of the effects of tourism and the scale of social life satisfaction. The survey was implemented to the local people in Igneada in March 2019 with the easy sampling method. At the end of the data collection process, 188 current surveys were reached. Multiple regression analyses have been carried out to test the hypotheses based on validity and reliability analyses. The results of the analysis show that the positive environmental and socio-cultural effects of tourism have improved the quality of social life of the local people. The positive effects of tourism strengthen the local people’s thoughts that tourists are beneficial to the region. The negative environmental and socio-cultural effects of tourism also strengthen the local public’s perception that tourists are harmful to the region, while the negative economic effects of tourism weaken the local public’s perception that tourists are harmful.

Abstract:

The development of tourism activities in destinations creates positive / negative environmental, economic and socio-cultural effects. The development of tourism and its continuity after development depend on the attitudes and behaviors of the local people residing in that region. The direction and level of perception of the effects of tourism by the local people affect their support for tourism. In this study, it is aimed to reveal how the positive and negative effects of tourism affect the local people's perception of the presence of tourists and what the impact of these effects is on the local people’s community quality life. The data in the study were collected by a questionnaire including the scale of tourism effects and social life satisfaction scale. The survey was applied to the local people of Iğneada using the convenience sampling method in March 2019.At the end of the data collection process, 188 valid questionnaires were reached. Multiple regression analyzes were performed to test the hypotheses based on validity and reliability analyzes. Analysis results show that the positive environmental and socio-cultural effects of tourism increase the quality of social life of the local people. The positive effects of tourism strengthen the local peoples' opinion that tourists are beneficial to the region. While the negative environmental and socio-cultural effects of tourism strengthen the perception of the local people that tourists are harmful for the region, the negative economic effects of tourism weaken the perception of the local people that tourists are harmful.

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