Summary: | The purpose of the paper was to test the relationship of community
attachment and community involvement with sustainable tourism
development. The mediating role of perceived effects in local society
kashan. Participants were 200 employees (kashan peoples) who were
selected by using simple cluster sampling method. All of the
participants completed scales of community attachment, community
involvement, sustainable tourism development and perceived effects.
Data were analyzed with path analysis model by using LISREL
software. Results showed that community involvement had a structural
effect on sustainable tourism development directly. Community
attachment by mediating perceived benefits had an indirect effect on
sustainable tourism development. Also, perceived benefits had a direct
effect on sustainable tourism development. Perceived costs had a
negative and direct effect on sustainable tourism development.
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