Attitudes towards initial tourism development with no prior tourism exp

This essay is trying to critically analyse the journal article written by A Lepp (2008) entitled ‘Attitudes towards initial tourism development with no prior tourism experience: the case of Bigodi, Uganda’. The journal use qualitative method to assess the resident’s attitudes towards the start up of tourism programs in a rural village in Uganda. Due to the geographical isolation they couldn’t establish any tourism attractions prior to the 1990’s. But in 1991 the country initiated to introduce some tourism projects and eventually it formulated year by year. And this study is conducted on the basis of the interview taken in the residents of Bigodi in 2003. So the study proves that the signs of initial tourism created anxiety, suspicion and fear to the local people who experience it as an entirely new concept. The journal article gives a brief idea about the general attitudes about developing tourism concepts to an undeveloped country. The article starts with the usual style introduction and rationale for the study. Then the literature review begin with the theory of Doxey (1976) who introduce the Irridex model which suggest that the residents attitudes towards the tourism development will pass through the different stages including ‘ Euphoria’, ‘Apathy’, ‘Irritation’ and ‘ ‘Antagonism’(Wang, 2006 p: 412). He supports Harril (2004) who says that there is not enough study conducted on the proposed tourism to find the residents attitudes. Instead of that the researches are takes place on the established tourisms. Keogh(1990), Jhonson et.al (1994), Hernandez et. Al (1996) and Cheyne (2000) are shown as the literatures rose about the attitudes of residents towards the future tourism operations and they all listed certain positive a... ...and Environmental Development) the attitudes of bigodi residents were started to change. Because their involvement colud aware about the benefits which they can by the implementation of tourism in their village. If local needs are need to be met, sustainable tourism requires the participation of local communities. Conversely, residents that are poorly informed, marginalised or alienated from decisions making are likely to respond within hospitable attitudes toward current and future tourism developments (Butcher, 1997). Visitors need to feel welcomed at a destination. Destinations that fail to provide this genuine hospitality are at a disadvantage to those that do. Hospitality represents the social capital associated with a destination, and while it is relatively intangible it plays a significant role in the sustainability of tourism initiatives.