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Local Community Attitude and Support Towards Tourism Development at Saint Martin Island, Bangladesh: Local Community Attitude and Support

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  • Md. Abdul Hai

    (Department of Marketing, Dhaka City College, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

  • Md. Badsha Alamgir

    (Department of Marketing, Dhaka City College, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

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Tourism development, a double-edged sword for local communities, is the influenced by attitude of the residents. Favorable attitudes of local community escalate tourists' satisfaction levels. The study focuses on local community attitude and support towards tourism development of Saint Martin Island in Bangladesh. Using judgmental sampling procedure, a sample of 175 local residents was surveyed through a self-administered questionnaire and data were analyzed with descriptive statistics and ANOVA. The findings of the study indicate that the Saint Martin Island-community supports future tourism development based on the personal benefit they receive. ANOVA analysis shows significant differences among the local community attitude and support to the tourism development based on profession, age, education, and family income. The study may ensure the commercial, socio-cultural, physiological, political and economic development of the community that enhance sustainability for the industry and it may also help the government to shape future tourism development for the island.

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  • Md. Abdul Hai & Md. Badsha Alamgir, 2017. "Local Community Attitude and Support Towards Tourism Development at Saint Martin Island, Bangladesh: Local Community Attitude and Support," International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management in the Digital Age (IJTHMDA), IGI Global, vol. 1(2), pages 32-41, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jthmda:v:1:y:2017:i:2:p:32-41
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    1. Drago Cvijanovic & Tamara Gajic & Dusica Cvijanovic, 2021. "The Impact Of Tourism On Rural Development - Example Of Undeveloped Villages In Republic Of Serbia," Economic Review: Journal of Economics and Business, University of Tuzla, Faculty of Economics, vol. 19(1), pages 35-48, May.

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