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

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.