The involvement of community residents in ecotourism plays a crucial role in the conservation-driven development and utilization of natural world heritage sites.Enhancing the level of their participation is a key driv...The involvement of community residents in ecotourism plays a crucial role in the conservation-driven development and utilization of natural world heritage sites.Enhancing the level of their participation is a key driver for the sustainable development of ecotourism within these sites.This study constructs a theoretical framework for evaluating the participation of community residents in tourism,grounded in expectation theory and feasibility theory.Using a micro-survey of herders in the Kalajun heritage site,this study employs Importance-Performance Analysis(IPA)to assess the participation levels and tests demographic differences using the non-parametric independent samples test.Furthermore,a multiple linear regression model is developed to quantitatively analyze the impact of individual demographic characteristics on the level of tourism participation among community residents.The results indicate that:(1)The perceived value of participation is lower than the expected value,with a low level of actual participation,reflecting a gap between the residents’actual experiences and their expectations;(2)Education level,number of laborers in the household,and family disposable income significantly positively influence the tourism participation level,with middle and old age negatively affecting participation.Gender and the role of village representatives,however,do not significantly impact participation levels.展开更多
基金The National Natural Science Foundation of China(41961046)The High-level Talent Research Cultivation Program of Xinjiang Agricultural University(2525GCCRC)。
文摘The involvement of community residents in ecotourism plays a crucial role in the conservation-driven development and utilization of natural world heritage sites.Enhancing the level of their participation is a key driver for the sustainable development of ecotourism within these sites.This study constructs a theoretical framework for evaluating the participation of community residents in tourism,grounded in expectation theory and feasibility theory.Using a micro-survey of herders in the Kalajun heritage site,this study employs Importance-Performance Analysis(IPA)to assess the participation levels and tests demographic differences using the non-parametric independent samples test.Furthermore,a multiple linear regression model is developed to quantitatively analyze the impact of individual demographic characteristics on the level of tourism participation among community residents.The results indicate that:(1)The perceived value of participation is lower than the expected value,with a low level of actual participation,reflecting a gap between the residents’actual experiences and their expectations;(2)Education level,number of laborers in the household,and family disposable income significantly positively influence the tourism participation level,with middle and old age negatively affecting participation.Gender and the role of village representatives,however,do not significantly impact participation levels.
