Implications & Recommendations: Further studies on tourism demand and tourism governance for WHS localities are needed in order to help local governments to develop authentic and sustainable tourism f

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 5 representative gaps

• Romanian Rural World Heritage Sites and Tourism Development (2019) · doi

  Implications & Recommendations: Further studies on tourism demand and tourism governance for WHS localities are needed in order to help local governments to develop authentic and sustainable tourism for these areas.

  Keywords: tourism implications recommendations further demand governance localities needed order help local governments develop authentic sustainable
• Evaluating Residents’ Attitudes Toward Tourism Development and Regional Collaboration within the Monongahela National Forest Region (2024) · doi

  While the nine hypotheses are not consistently supported with mixed findings, it seems that residents from counties at higher levels of development stages are more likely to support tourism development because of its positive economic benefits to communities while disfavoring tourism development for its negative social impacts on communities; to value the importance and benefits of regional collaboration, and to score higher on their communities’ strengths in tourism development.

  Keywords: development tourism communities higher benefits nine hypotheses consistently supported mixed seems residents counties levels stages
• Unpacking the economic impact of tourism: A multidimensional approach to sustainable development (2024) · doi

  While the literature has extensively explored the advantages and drawbacks of tourism, as well as attempts to establish connections between growth/development and tourism, comprehensive studies addressing the sustainable development impact of tourism remain scarce.

  Keywords: tourism development literature extensively explored advantages drawbacks well attempts establish connections growth comprehensive addressing sustainable
• Is small beautiful? Understanding the contribution of small businesses in township tourism to economic development (2015) · doi

  The increased importance attached by policy-makers to the anticipated developmental effects of tourism in developing countries has been insufficiently examined by academic researchers, particularly in the context of the contribution of small firms in urban areas.

  Keywords: increased importance attached policy makers anticipated developmental effects tourism developing countries insufficiently examined academic researchers
• The effect of perceived tourism impacts on local residents’ happiness through life satisfaction in Balinese tourism villages (2026) · doi

  However, empirical evidence remains limited regarding how local residents’ perceptions of tourism’s economic benefits and negative impacts jointly influence happiness, particularly through different dimensions of life satisfaction.

  Keywords: empirical evidence remains limited regarding local residents perceptions tourism economic benefits negative impacts jointly influence