Why Microtraders Harass Visitors: A Review of the Literature
The goal of this article was to propose a set of beliefs likely to fuel microtraders' harassment behaviors toward visitors. Nineteen beliefs were identified and proposed. The five beliefs that received the most support from the scholarly and nonscholarly literature were: (1) harassing
visitors is necessary for survival; (2) visitors are wealthy; (3) harassment has little or no negative effect on visitors; (4) I am entitled to visitors' business; and (5) harassment is normal, even cultural. The article then ends with suggestions on how tourism officials and academics may
use the list of beliefs discussed to reduce trader harassment.
Keywords: BELIEFS; PSYCHOLOGY; TOURIST HARASSMENT; VISITOR HARASSMENT
Document Type: Research Article
Publication date: 30 October 2020
This article was made available online on 09 June 2020 as a Fast Track article with title: "WHY MICRO-TRADERS HARASS VISITORS: A REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE".
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