Impacts of Tourism Heritage in Bath,Town

Impacts of Tourism Heritage in Bath,Town

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify and examine the attitudes of residents in Bath, United Kingdom, towards tourism development. This paper holds that impact research conducted on hosts' perceptions is predominantly descriptive and lacking in a consistent approach to measurement. The primary aim here is to establish a benchmark study for the city, enabling future longitudinal and comparative analyses of host attitudes. A sample was secured from the residents, and factor and regression analyses conducted, to ascertain whether there were any underlying dimensions regarding their attitudes toward tourism development, and whether socioeconomic and demographic characteristics were useful predictors of these attitudes.

Methodology

This research is based on the secondary data. The research methodology used is the survey of various courts' photography practices as available online. This research involved studies in detail the news, articles from journals, and online material available on the web. Using the methodology tested in previous studies, this study began with a broad review of the literature. This research also includes different comments of judges in the various courts of USA. The findings and conclusions are based on the secondary data.

The methodology used for the purpose of this research is based on the secondary data. This research is more or less based on the literature review and the conclusions are drawn on the basis of actual resources listed in the references.

Introduction

The literature widely documents that urban tourism has been neglected as a study area (Ashworth 1989), and consequently lacks a developed understanding or research base (Law, 1993 C. Law, Urban Tourism: Attracting Visitors to Large Cities, Mansell, London (1993).Law, 1993 and Page, 1995). One explanation for this is that the uniqueness of individual cities hinders reliable comparisons, with a sizeable portion of the literature centered on individual cases. Thus, this study responds to the need for the development of valid and reliable investigations supported by longitudinal and comparative data collection techniques. Research into social impact assessment has jumped too quickly from description to modeling and studies are needed to provide longitudinal and comparative data.

Without an approach of this nature, any proposed understanding would merely add to the fragmented picture of urban tourism research. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to identify and examine the attitudes of residents in Bath, United Kingdom, towards tourism development, with aiming to establish a benchmark study for the city, to enable future longitudinal and comparative analyses of host attitudes. It is also anticipated that future comparative analysis with other historic cities could establish a basis for theory formation and the development of flexible modeling tools regarding the social impacts of tourism on residents of historic and related cities in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Literature Review

Social impacts of tourism in Bath

Bath was the thriving center of the spa business as long ago as Roman times. It became a popular tourism center during the 17th and 18th centuries, routinely included in the social round. During these times Bath was still ...