Community attachment and place-identity on residents’ tourism support in the Bektashi faith destination

Tiwari S., TAŞPINAR O., Kandemir Altunel G., ÇİFÇİ İ.

Journal of Islamic Marketing, 2025 (ESCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.1108/jima-11-2023-0356
  • Journal Name: Journal of Islamic Marketing
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, ABI/INFORM, Index Islamicus
  • Keywords: Community attachment, Faith destination, Place identity, Residents’ support, Tourism impacts
  • Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose: This study aims to clarify the relationships between community attachment, place identity, perceived tourism impacts and residents’ support for tourism development in a faith-based context. Design/methodology/approach: Present research is quantitative in nature and conducted via survey research method. It uses partial least squares-structural equation modelling based on 245 questionnaires from Bektashi residents in Türkiye. Findings: Findings revealed that community attachment positively relates to place identity and faith-based tourism impact. The mediation model also showed that only the perceived impact of faith positively mediates the link between community attachment and support for tourism development. Originality/value: The structural model adopted in this study leads to better insights for the community attachment process into the theoretical framework of tourism impacts perceived by residents, place identity and residents’ tourism support from the faith tourism perspective.