The Manx TT Races and residents' views: a case assessment of Doxey's “Irridex”
- 1 December 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scottish Geographical Magazine
- Vol. 104 (3) , 155-160
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14702548808554774
Abstract
Tourism can be potentially disruptive for the recipient communities; particularly for residents who do not directly benefit from the spending of tourists. To this end in the 1970s George Doxey derived an ‘irridex’, and this is assessed in this paper in the Manx context. The Isle of man Tourist Trophy Motorcycle Races involve road closures and are potentially disruptive to the lives of many residents. Survey results show that Manx residents do not, however, find the races unacceptably disruptive or intrusive. As such, questions are raised on the nature of environmentally disruptive tourism.Keywords
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