Document Type
Article (Restricted)
Publication Date
1-1-2012
Abstract
Religion is known to influence people’s perception and behaviour. This study explores the influence of Islamic religiosity (measured on dimensions of ‘Islamic Belief’, ‘Islamic Practice’, and ‘Islamic Piety’) on the perceived socio-cultural impacts of tourism among residents in two tourist areas in Iran. The results showed that respondents both possessed a high level of Islamic Belief and perceived socio-cultural impacts of tourism positively. The propositions which stated that ‘Islamic Belief’ and ‘Islamic Practice’ have negative relationships with the perceptions of socio-cultural impacts of tourism are not supported. However levels of ‘Islamic Piety’ had statistically significant variations relating to potential changes in infrastructure, life quality and cultural practices that may be due to tourism. This paper also discusses the implications of its findings.
Keywords
Residents’ perceptions, Socio-cultural impacts, Islamic religiosity, Iran (Sare’in & Masooleh)
Divisions
Business_Policy_and_Strategy
Publication Title
Tourism Management
Volume
33
Publisher
Elsevier
Additional Information
Department of Business Strategy and Policy, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya