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This study identified important empowerment factors improving residents' participation for tourism development and tested the moderating effects of attractiveness on the relationship between empowerment and parcitipation. In addition, the effect of residents' participation on future behavior of tourism development was examined. To test the conceptual model, survey was conducted in district of port waterfront in Busan, Korea. The empirical data from gathered 445 residents was analyzed using structural equation modeling(SEM). The analysis results revealed that three dimensions of residents' empowerment(psychological, social and political empowerment) have significant and positive impact on the residents' participation for tourism development. Also, the finding showed the moderating function of attractiveness was significant in the relationship between political empowerment and residents' participation. Residents' participation for tourism development was the major antecedent leading to the future behavior for tourism development. This study provided academic implications for scholars related to this field and practical implications for effective tourism development based on these analysis results.