Table 7. Estimated effects of household-level tourism participation on local residents' perceptions a on the direct negative environmental impacts of tourism development.
| Mean score (SD) | Coefficientsb (SE) | |||
| Household type | Tourism (n = 55) | Non-tourism (n = 137) | Weighted | Unweighted |
| Air and water quality | 0.02 (0.13) | 0.01 (0.09) | 0.0069 (0.0137) | 0.0148 (0.0188) |
| Soundscape | 0.11 (0.46) | 0.04 (0.22) | 0.0855 (0.0516) | 0.0810 (0.0580) |
| Road traffic | 1.67 (0.84) | 1.56 (0.80) | 0.2490 * (0.1208) | 0.2193 (0.1346) |
| Mountain trail | 0 | 0.01 (0.12) | −0.0056 (0.0133) | −0.0033 (0.0190) |
| Natural forest | 0.05 (0.30) | 0.04 (0.27) | 0.0175 (0.0498) | 0.0077 (0.0517) |
| Medicinal herbs | 0.42 (0.79) | 0.39 (0.70) | 0.1959 (0.1320) | 0.0206 (0.1480) |
| Wild pandas and other wildlife | 0.31 (0.66) | 0.03 (0.21) | 0.1918 ** (0.0631) | 0.1848 * (0.0750) |
a
0 = No impact, 1 = Low level, 2 = Medium level, 3 = High level. No positive impact was reported.
b
The signs * and ** represents significance at the 5% and 1% levels, respectively.