Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Tourism brings significant economic, social, environmental, and psychological impacts to destination communities. In addition to objective indicators, these impacts can also be assessed subjectively through residents’ perceptions. This paper aims to address the gap between objective environmental indicators and residents’ perceived impacts, specifically by comparing air pollution exposure with residents' perceptions of air quality across European countries. The results reveal that objective air quality indicators diverge from residents’ subjective evaluations, highlighting the need for further investigation into the factors influencing these perceptions and strategies for managing the perception-reality gap.
Source: Tourism and Hospitality Research
Authors: Maksim Godovykh, Sergio Alvarez, Alan Fyall
Institution: University of Central Florida
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4404764090