Microsoft Word 2007 ichrie conference Proceedings Final-Final 06-06-07. doc

Support for tourism planning
5(%) 4(%) 3(%) 2(%) 1(%)
Mean
 
 
 
 
 
 
Strongly Agree 
Neither 
Disagree Strongly
Agree 
Disagree
 
The city of New Orleans should plan and manage the growth 
35.3 
52.9 
7.7 
3.4
.6 
4.19 
of tourism 
 
Personal benefit from tourism 
I would personally benefit from more tourism development in
17.6 
31.5 
25.0 
19.1 
6.8 
3.34
New Orleans 
 
Readiness of New Orleans to Welcome Tourists
New Orleans is now ready to welcome tourists back to the city 
20.7 
42.1 
16.4 
14.6 
6.2 
3.57 
Tourism should be restricted until New Orleans recovers 
9.0 12.7 16.4 33.0 
29.0 
2.40 
from Hurricane Katrina 
 
Loyalty 
I would prefer not to live anywhere else in the U.S. 
21.7 
17.5 
22.3 
21.7 
16.8 
3.06 
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Spatial factors 
Previous studies including Gursoy and Jurowski (2002) and Harrill and Potts (2003) have indicated that 
residents who are closer to the tourism core of destinations held greater negative attitudes towards tourism. This was 
supported in this study where Generation Y residents in Orleans Parish (tourism core) had a statistically significant 
lower mean on the Tourism Attitude scale (t=-0.3917; p<0.05) than the mean for Generation Y residents of Jefferson 
Parish (suburb). However, there was no significant difference in the means of the Tourism Development scale.