https://arvinfomedia.com/myjournals/index.php/GIJHTR <p><strong>Global Impact Journal: Hospitality and Tourism Research</strong> is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research articles, comprehensive reviews, and selected high-impact reprints in the field of tourism and hospitality. The journal provides a rigorous academic platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers across diverse disciplines—including marketing, management, economics, geography, sociology, psychology, anthropology, public administration, environmental management, and policy studies—to disseminate research that advances theoretical understanding, informs practice, and supports sustainable development in tourism and hospitality.</p> <p>Published half-yearly, the journal is available in both print and electronic formats, ensuring wide accessibility to the research community.</p> en-US Global Impact Journal: Hospitality & Tourism Research https://arvinfomedia.com/myjournals/index.php/GIJHTR/article/view/463 <p>This study was conducted to examine the influence of residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism policies and destination management (STP&amp;DM) on residents’ empowerment and their support for sustainable tourism development (SUPSTD). Unlike previous studies, this study examines the moderating role of destination attachment (DA) in the relationship between STP&amp;DM and SUPSTD. The empirical findings reveal that STP&amp;DM exert a positive and significant impact on the sub-dimensions of residents’ empowerment, namely psychological (PSYEM), social (SOCEM), and political (POLEM) empowerment. In particular, psychological empowerment and political empowerment were found to enhance residents’ SUPSTD. Moreover, the results confirm that DA functions as a moderator in the relationship between STP&amp;DM and SUPSTD. Based on these outcomes, the study provides both theoretical and practical insights for industry practitioners, destination management organizations (DMOs), and scholars in the field of tourism and sustainability research.</p> Gözde Seval Ergun Vasviye Özlem Akgun Ahmet Ozturhan Tekin Idem Mikail Kolutek Ozgur Yayla Copyright (c) 2026 Global Impact Journal: Hospitality & Tourism Research 2026-10-08 2026-10-08 1–19 1–19