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Ecotourism is not only as a tourist activity nowadays, but has become an activity that contains economic elements, as well as efforts to conserve natural resources and the environment. In regional development, ecotourism focuses on the quality of physical components, but the emotion of place attachments are not adequately considered. To find out th...
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... feelings that individuals have are strongly related to the role of the place in developing a sense of "ownership" and "territoriality" that reflects self-identity and groups [2]. In mangrove ecotourism, we can see a sense of ownership of tourists and local communities with their perceptions of biodiversity, where tourists (4.44) and local communities (3.88) agree that they have feelings of disappointment when biodiversity is not used properly (Table 2). Because this type of mangrove has many benefits to everyone so that the mangrove forest in the ecotourism area is still maintained by the community. ...Similar publications
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... Belongingness refers to a strong emotional attachment (Ginting & Siregar, 2020) and functional attachment (Vivita et al., 2023). Emotional attachment can occur anywhere because of a direct experience and continuity (Alcindor, 2021;Davis, 2016). ...
... The ability of a place to fulfill the psychological needs of its user is shown by the emotional attachment to the place (Ujang, 2016). An individual who is emotionally attached to a place develops a feeling of attachment (Ginting & Siregar, 2020). Emotional attachment is experienced positively by describing feelings of satisfaction, comfort, fear, and safety (Alirhayim, 2023). ...
A concept of place attachment is required to understand the relationship between humans and the tourism environment. The concepts have been integrated into spatial studies with no universal agreement to explain the human-place bond. This systematic literature review focuses on the relationship between place attachment and heritage tourism using the PRISMA principles. This research proposes a conceptualization focus on the ritual approach as a human-place relationship. The place attachment conceptual framework has been influenced by multiple variables such as familiarity, length of engagement, emotional attachment, place character, and rituals. In contrast, heritage tourism's conceptual framework is influenced by curiosity and authenticity.
