Theoretical Advancement in Social Impacts Assessment of Tourism Research

Introduction - Advancing theory within social impacts of tourism research 1. Towards a better tourist-host relationship: the role of social contact between tourists’ perceived cultural distance and travel attitude 2.Complementing theories to explain emotional solidarity 3. The importance of collaboration and emotional solidarity in residents’ support for sustainable urban tourism: case study Ho Chi Minh City 4. Hapless victims or empowered citizens? Understanding residents’ attitudes towards Airbnb using Weber’s Theory of Rationality and Foucauldian concepts 5. Empowerment of women through cultural tourism: perspectives of Hui minority embroiderers in Ningxia, China 6. Effects of social media on residents’ attitudes to tourism: conceptual framework and research propositions 7. Re-theorizing social emotions in tourism: applying the theory of interaction ritual in tourism research 8. Understanding the tourist-resident relationship through social contact: progressing the development of social contact in tourism 9. It’s time to act! Understanding online resistance against tourism development projects 10. Conceptualizing peer-to-peer accommodations as disruptions in the urban tourism system 11. Support for tourism: the roles of attitudes, subjective wellbeing, and emotional solidarity 12. Indigenous residents, tourism knowledge exchange and situated perceptions of tourism 13. Exploring how perceived tourism impacts evolve over time (2009–2019) in an era of uncertainty: economic crisis, host-guest interactions, and Airbnb