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Chamarro A, Cobo-Benita J, Herrero Amo MdCorresponding Author

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March 21, 2024
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Towards sustainable tourism development in a mature destination: measuring multi-group invariance between residents and visitors’ attitudes with high use of accommodation-sharing platforms

Publicated to:Journal Of Sustainable Tourism. 31 (2): 520-537 - 2023-01-01 31(2), DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2020.1870988

Authors: Chamarro A; Cobo-Benita J; Herrero Amo MD

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Department of Entrepreneurship, ESCP Business School, Madrid, Spain - Author
Department of Operations Management, ESCP Business School, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the differences between residents and visitors in their attitudes and behaviours towards sustainable tourism. The study examines the validity of the 21-item version of SUS-TAS, measuring invariance between residents’ and visitors’ attitudes in Madrid, a mature tourist destination with high use of accommodation-sharing platforms, in order to have a new testable tool for future sustainable planning. For multi-group invariance assessment, the Spanish version of the SUS-TAS for residents and the version for visitors are validated separately following a first-order, seven-factor model. The multi-group confirmatory factor analysis showed full configural invariance, partial metric invariance and partial scalar invariance across residents and visitors. Findings suggest that the main variations between residents and visitors were related to the “community-centered economy” and “maximizing community participation” constructs. To conclude, SUS-TAS can be used to measure residents’ and visitors’ attitudes towards sustainable tourism in a context with high use of accommodation-sharing platforms. Implications for future research and limitations are discussed. © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Keywords

Accommodation-sharing platformsEcotourismMulti-group measurement invarianceSpainSus-tasSustainabilitySustainable developmentSustainable tourism developmentTourism developmentTourist attractionTourist destination

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Journal Of Sustainable Tourism due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 14/140, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Hospitality, Leisure, Sport & Tourism. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from the Field Citation Ratio (FCR) of the Dimensions source, it yields a value of: 4.51, which indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: Dimensions Jul 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2025-07-28, the following number of citations:

  • Scopus: 7

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-28:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 100.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 114 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 0.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (COBO BENITA, JOSE RAMON) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been COBO BENITA, JOSE RAMON.