Amid the need for inclusive growth and well-being in sustainable tourism, residents' social sustainability needs must be understood. Based on self-perception and social exchange theories, this study examines residents' perceptions of the social sustainability of food festival events. Focusing on an East-West culinary fusion festival in Macau, the Macau Food Festival, 460 residents are surveyed to ascertain their perceptions of the social sustainability attributes, social sustainability impacts, and quality of life outcomes. Results of six direct and two moderation relationships revealed residents' perceptions of social sustainability attributes of the food festival event are a major predictor of the perceived impacts on the community and resident quality of life. A higher perceived quality of life was found to positively impact place attachment, support for tourism, and prosocial behaviors. The degree to which social sustainability attributes of the food festival impact residents' quality of life, though different, is positive for attendees and non-attendees implying that positive perceptions could be inferred through both introspection and extrospection. It, further, suggests the need for destination management organizations to understand residents' social sustainability needs of the food tourism events to introduce attributes that augment residents' quality of life and positive responses to tourism development.

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居民对美食旅游活动社会可持续性的感知


在可持续旅游业包容性增长和福祉的需求中，必须了解居民的社会可持续性需求。本研究基于自我感知和社会交换理论，考察居民对美食节活动社会可持续性的看法。以澳门东西方融合的美食节——澳门美食节为重点，对 460 名居民进行了调查，以确定他们对社会可持续发展属性、社会可持续发展影响和生活质量结果的看法。六个直接关系和两个调节关系的结果显示，居民对美食节活动社会可持续性属性的看法是对社区和居民生活质量的感知影响的主要预测因素。研究发现，更高的生活质量感知会对地方依恋、对旅游业的支持和亲社会行为产生积极影响。美食节的社会可持续性属性对居民生活质量的影响程度虽然不同，但对于参加者和非参加者来说都是积极的，这意味着可以通过内省和外省推断出积极的看法。它还建议目的地管理组织需要了解居民对美食旅游活动的社会可持续性需求，以引入提高居民生活质量和对旅游业发展做出积极反应的属性。