Residents’ Place Image and Perceived Tourism Impacts in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta Special Region

DOI

10.2991/ictgtd-18.2018.46How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Residents Place Image; Destination place image; Tourism impacts; Tourism support

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the residents’ image towards tourism of Gunung Kidul, one of the regencies in Yogyakarta special region. As one of the main tourism area in Yogyakarta, Gunung Kidul offers varied tourism objects to visitors. In this view, this paper seeks to explore the role of residents’ place image affects their perceptions of tourism impacts. This paper also aims to find out the residents’ support on tourism development in the area. The researcher would like to show more flexible perspectives on how the residents view tourism. To find out the data, online questionnaires are distributed through local residences. This research has revealed positive image of tourism viewed from economic, socio-cultural and environmental. These findings might be essential in shaping tourism blueprint from the local government and other stakeholder.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Nurti Rahayu
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TI  - Residents’ Place Image and Perceived Tourism Impacts in Gunungkidul, Yogyakarta Special Region
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Tourism, Gastronomy, and Tourist Destination (ICTGTD 2018)
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