Residents’ Perception of Environmental Impacts of Tourism Recreational Activities in Protected Area
Residents’ Perception of Environmental Impacts of Tourism Recreational Activities in Protected Area

Summary/Abstract: This paper aims to investigate the local perceptions of environmental impacts generated due to tourism activities. The data was collected through a pre-tested survey instrument for the impact indicators. Analysis ofvariance pairwise comparison test was used to analyze any significance difference among the respondents’ perception towards selected parameter of tourism impact based on location. The results indicate that the local communities have strong perceptions of the negative economic impacts of tourism although it is also representedthat it is perceived in a speculative way by those who do not have direct contact with the tourism destination.

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