Abstract
The goal of the paper was to put forward a theoretical model for sustainably changing small traders’ harassment behaviors and to apply it to a destination grappling with the problem for decades. One hundred and eighty-one newspaper articles, 37 annual tourism reports, and 20 other government documents were reviewed to determine Jamaica’s visitor harassment mitigation initiatives and activities from 1957 to 2013. Also, seven leaders from 14 of the island’s craft markets were interviewed to determine the effects of these programs on their constituents’ harassment behaviors. All archives and interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic content analysis. The case analysis revealed that while Jamaica had initiatives likely to discourage their small independent traders’ engagement in harassment behaviors, the initiatives developed to strengthen their knowledge of the desired less aggressive trading behaviors had deficiencies likely to limit their engagement in these behaviors. The framework had implications of how measures to curtail visitor harassment are developed and tested.
Keywords
Visitor harassment, Jamaica, learning
Date of this Version
2015
Recommended Citation
Nicely, Annmarie; Day, Jonathon; Syndor, Sandra; and Mohd Ghazali, Raslinda, "Sustainably changing small traders' harassment behaviors – A theoretical framework" (2015). White Lodging-J.W. Marriott, Jr. School of Hospitality & Tourism Management Faculty Publications. Paper 2.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/htmpubs/2
Comments
This is the author-accepted manuscript of Nicely, A., Day, J., Sydnor, S. & Mohd Ghazali, R. (2015). Sustainably changing small traders’ harassment behaviors - A theoretical framework. Tourism Management. 47, 273-285. Copyright Elsevier, this version is made available here CC-BY-NC-ND, and the version of record is available at DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.10.002.