Title: Approaching the negative impacts generated by the tourist on the host community

Authors: Marcia Ivonne Lara Silva; Luz Andrea Rodríguez Rojas; Edgar Jacinto Rincón

Addresses: Faculty of Engineering, Francisco José de Caldas University, Bogotá, Colombia ' Francisco José de Caldas University, Cl. 13 #31-75, Bogotá, Colombia ' Francisco José de Caldas University, Cl. 13 #31-75, Bogotá, Colombia

Abstract: It is assumed that the behaviour of tourists is always beneficial; however, it has been discovered that they claim to behave outside of what is ethically permitted because they are outside their usual environment, as if this excluded them from providing and maintaining actions worthy and beneficial for themselves and others. Such behaviours have not been yet directly subjected to research. To do this, a survey was constructed with questions related to: 1) demographics; 2) destination behaviours; 3) empathy to inquire about the tourists' awareness of the impact their actions have on the hosts of the place visited. The survey was administered to 391 people who had made at least one tourist trip in the last five years. It was found that at least 60% of the participants develop behaviours that generate more tolerable negative impacts, and 27% with less tolerable ones, that tourists are aware of their actions and recognising that they have an impact on the feelings of the local inhabitants. This construction provides a baseline of criteria for monitoring negative impacts generated by tourists on host populations during trips.

Keywords: tourist behaviour; negative impact of tourism; smart destination; host community; human ecology; tourismphobia; tourism cultural interaction; intolerable behaviours.

DOI: 10.1504/PIE.2024.144651

Progress in Industrial Ecology, An International Journal, 2024 Vol.17 No.4, pp.371 - 394

Received: 29 Jan 2024
Accepted: 20 Aug 2024
Published online: 25 Feb 2025 *

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