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Scale development for measuring sustainability of urban destinations from the perspectives of residents, tourists, businesses and government Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-03-23 S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh, Shi Yin Chee, Atchara Salee
This study develops four subjective scales to measure a destination’s sustainability from the perspectives of residents, tourists, businesses and government agencies. Using the expert opinion surve...
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How climate change and population growth will shape attendance and human-wildlife interactions at British Columbia parks Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Dayna K. Weststrate, Aimee Chhen, Stefano Mezzini, Kirk Safford, Michael J. Noonan
Protected areas are important for ecological conservation while simultaneously supporting culturally and economically valuable tourism. However, excessive visitor pressure strain operations and ris...
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Effective Chinese-to-English biotic interpretation in ecotourism destinations: a corpus-based interdisciplinary study Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Qiang (Jason) Li, Young Ng
Ecotourism interpretation pertains to vital public education regarding environmental conservation. At present, there is no professional standard or system for interpretation in this domain, which p...
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Who is sharing green eWOM? Big data evidence from the travel and tourism industry Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 David D’Acunto, Raffaele Filieri, Stefano Amato
Although research has investigated the drivers of pro-environmental intentions, little research has adopted big data to understand the socio-demographic profile of customers who share electronic wo...
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Environmental sustainability in the event industry: a systematic review and a research agenda Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Antonio Cavallin Toscani, Luca Vendraminelli, Andrea Vinelli
Over the past few decades, the event industry has witnessed massive growth worldwide. This, however, has come with considerable environmental costs. Improper management of any type of event can ind...
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Understanding sensescapes and restorative effects of nature-based destinations: a mixed-methods approach Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Lirong Kou, Chao Wei, Christina G. Chi, Honggang Xu
Nature is restorative for people suffering from stress and mental fatigues. While studies advocate to investigate restorative effects of nature from a multi-sensory perspective, this study also rev...
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Integrating tourists’ walk and talk: a methodological approach for tracking and analysing tourists’ real behaviours for more sustainable destinations Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Ilenia Confente, Valentina Mazzoli, Nicola Camatti, Dario Bertocchi
This study provides a methodological contribution in the analysis of tourists’ sustainable behaviour. Traditional methods encounter challenges in addressing the attitude-behaviour gap, prompting th...
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Swimming with humans: biotelemetry reveals effects of “gold standard” regulated tourism on whale sharks Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Samantha D. Reynolds, James Redcliffe, Bradley M. Norman, Rory P. Wilson, Mark Holton, Craig E. Franklin, Ross G. Dwyer
Wildlife tourism can benefit conservation of target species, however, it can have detrimental effects on animal behaviour and physiology. Whale shark Rhincodon typus tourism has seen recent rapid g...
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Correction Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-20
Published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 32, No. 4, 2024)
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How to inspire green creativity among Gen Z hotel employees: an investigation of the cross-level effect of green organizational climate Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Jingyan Liu, Jiaman Liu, Yajun Wang
Green creativity (GC) serves as the cornerstone in driving green innovation. However, GC is the result of individual ideas, so motivating Gen Z employees, who are the primary employees to propose n...
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To understand or to touch? Evoking tourists’ cultural preservation commitment through heritage tourism interpretation Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Mei-Yu Wang, Yong-Quan Li, Wen-Qi Ruan, Shu-Ning Zhang, Rui Li, Kai-Fang Zhang
Facing the cultural challenges and risks of global heritage tourism development, it is urgent to stimulate tourists’ cultural preservation commitment (TCPC). Therefore, this study delves into the c...
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Fostering green customer citizenship behavioral intentions through green hotel practices: the roles of pride, moral elevation, and hotel star ratings Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Dat Van Tran, Dung Minh Nguyen, Trieu Nguyen
In the past decade, hotels have increasingly adopted green practices due to heightened customers’ environmental concerns and a commitment to fostering sustainability. While the literature on green ...
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Promoting sustainable development in festivals through ritual revisions Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-13 Vikram Kapoor
This study takes a process-oriented approach to answer the research question: how may long-standing religious festivals promote sustainable development by modifying various ritual elements? The con...
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Indigenous knowledge systems and socio-cultural values for sustainable tourism development: insights from Indigenous Newars of Nepal Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Roshis Krishna Shrestha, J. N. Patrick L’Espoir Decosta, Michelle Whitford
Indigenous peoples have unique ontologies and worldviews that stem from their continuing connection with nature and the spiritual world that altogether shape their cultural practices including thei...
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Exploring inclusivity perceptions among residents: insights from rural tourism destinations Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-01-27 Joelle Soulard, Emma Lundin, Suiwen Sharon Zou
Rural destinations are experiencing a boom in demand from tourists. However, the sustainability of rural spaces as tourism destinations is also challenged by a lack of diversity, including cultural...
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Gender, entrepreneurship and social policy in tourism: tying the knot Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Albert Nsom Kimbu, Michael Z. Ngoasong, Anna de Jong
This article, and the special issue, seek to unpack the gendered nature of entrepreneurial pathways, specifically in relation to the role of social policies. We achieve this aim by first conceptual...
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Using study abroad memories to foster sustainable tourists and global citizens Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-01-18 Hongping Zhang, Heather J. Gibson, Jeremy E. Whaley, Martin A. O’Neill
There is increasing interest in exploring how education abroad can contribute to enhancing sustainable behaviors. We adopted a functional approach to autobiographical memory to investigate the rela...
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Open science for sustainable tourism Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2024-01-17 Xavier Font, Matt Cannon, Kyle Woosnam, Jialin Snow Wu
Published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 32, No. 1, 2024)
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A relational exploration of tourists’ environmental values and their perception of restrictions in protected nature Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-18 Anke Peters, Matthias Fuchs
In the face of the present ecological crisis, a relational understanding of human-nature relationships is increasingly critical, especially in protected nature areas. This understanding encompasses...
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Bridging the science-policy gap in sustainable tourism: evidence from a multiple case study analysis of UNWTO INSTO sustainable tourism observatories Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Anna Scuttari, Felix Windegger, Valentin Wallnöfer, Harald Pechlaner
While monitoring sustainable tourism (ST) has become popular in the twenty first century, a clear implementation gap has been acknowledged worldwide. This paper argues that the inadequate implement...
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Effects of perceived benefits and concerns misfit on residents’ destination citizenship behaviors: a moderating role of perceived risk of COVID-19 recurrence Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Martin Yongho Hyun, SoYeon Jung, Hyeon-Cheol Kim, Dogan Gursoy
Due to the possible presence of misfit relationship between residents’ perceptions of benefits of and concerns about tourism in their community, this study examines the triad relationships between ...
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From biospheric values to tourists’ ecological compensation behavioural willingness: a comprehensive model test based on the value-identity-personal norm and normative activation Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Zhiming Zhang, Haiying Chen, Jianchi Dai, Shanyi Tan, Huan Zhang
This study introduced the emotional factor of empathy with nature and constructed a comprehensive model comprising the value-identity-personal norm and the normative activation models to examine th...
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Tourist prosocial behavior: scale development and its role between tourist destination social exclusion and wellbeing Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Guangmei Jia, Daisy X. F. Fan, Jiajia Xu, James Huawen Shen
Prosocial behavior plays an important role in promoting a sustainable and inclusive society. However, the academic investigations regarding tourist prosocial behavior have been limited and ambiguou...
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Measuring priorities of sustainable post-pandemic tourism policy factors using novel fuzzy multi-criteria decision making approach Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-07 Daekook Kang, Thangaraj Manirathinam, Michael Sandra, Subramaniam Pragathi, Samayan Narayanamoorthy, Mohd Yazid Bajuri, Tiziana Ciano, Ali Ahmadian
In recent years, research on tourism risks and public health safety has emerged as one of the most pressing issues in the tourism industry. This issue arose as a result of the unanticipated calamit...
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Exploring psychological mechanisms behind tourists’ sustainable behaviours at homestays Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-12-05 Jitender Kumar, Pramod Chandra
Homestay-based tourism is fraught with the challenge of what may prompt tourists to behave sustainably. Current research argues that tourists’ sustainable behaviours can be a function of the psycho...
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Correction Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-11-30
Published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 31, No. 12, 2023)
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The impact of tourist engagement on low–carbon behavior in glacier tourism Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-11-28 Xingyang Lv, Xingguang Pan, Shuangyu Xu, Tian Lan
Over the last decade, glaciers have gained increasing popularity as tourist destinations while experiencing rapid retreat due to climate change. The accelerated glacial recession worldwide calls fo...
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Correction Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-11-27
Published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Alienation and authenticity in intangible cultural heritage tourism Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Yang Zhang, Qingyan Zheng, Li Huang, Timothy J. Lee, Sunghyup Sean Hyun
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has the potential to enhance tourism supply and activate tourism resources. This study constructs an alienation and host authenticity model to analyze the attitud...
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Children and overtourism: a cognitive neuroscience experiment to reflect on exposure and behavioural consequences Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Ante Mandić, Ivana Pavlić, Barbara Puh, Hugues Séraphin
As tourism research has paid limited attention to children, this study investigates children’s reactions to tourism development, focusing on their unique viewpoints on the World Heritage Site of Du...
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Engendering prosociality through tourist-to-tourist interaction in religious tourism: an existential transformative perspective Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Ting Jiang, Jun Gao, Xiaojie Zheng, Yue’e Liao
The religious prosociality hypothesis explains why visitors with religious beliefs tend to be more prosocial. Interestingly, in the context of religious tourism, non-believers who travel to religio...
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Green influencer marketing: conceptualization, scale development, and validation: an application to tourism products Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 İlker Kılıç, Mert Gürlek
This study aims to conceptualize the green influencer marketing (GIM) and to develop a GIM scale for its measurement. To achieve this goal, this research used a sequential exploratory mixed-methods...
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Entrepreneuring for regenerative tourism. Doing business differently in Tasmania’s regional hospitality industry Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Maree Gerke, Matt Adams, Can-Seng Ooi, Heidi Dahles
Regenerative tourism has gained ground during the pandemic crisis as a set of practices and processes that have the potential to refashion the industry. Based on a co-created ethnographic case stud...
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A multidimensional perspective on the relationship between tourism and green growth Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Jiekuan Zhang
This paper examines the various channels through which the tourism ecosystem can affect green development, utilizing a configurational approach to identify underlying mechanisms. Fuzzy-set qualitat...
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Air travel and persuasive climate communications Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Nicole Cocolas, Gabrielle Walters, Lisa Ruhanen, James Higham
This study explores whether air travel attitudes can be changed through persuasive climate change communications. A 3 x 2 experimental design was utilized to test the impact of climate-framed messa...
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How can restaurants entice patrons to order environmentally sustainable dishes? Testing new approaches based on hedonic psychology and affective forecasting theory Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 David Fechner, Marion Karl, Bettina Grün, Sara Dolnicar
Encouraging restaurant guests to order vegetarian dishes plays a key role in creating a more environmentally sustainable tourism sector. However, for many consumers eating a meat dish is an importa...
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Understanding tourists’ eco-paralysis, environmental concern, and pro-environmental behavior: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Chang (Cherise) Li, Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Yuchen Zhao
This paper argues that developing practical interventions of responsible behavior requires a deeper understanding of different segments of tourists with different environmental and psychological di...
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A participatory waste policy reform for the hotel sector: evidence of a progressive Pay-As-You-Throw tariff Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Eugenio Diaz-Farina, Juan J. Díaz-Hernández, Noemi Padrón-Fumero
The hotel industry is increasingly developing voluntary measures to tackle waste generation, but they fall short of the problems faced by municipal waste services in many tourist destinations. This...
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Drivers of social innovation for tourism enterprises: a study on lifestyle entrepreneurship Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Álvaro Dias, Beatriz Palacios-Florencio, Rob Hallak
The importance of tourism lifestyle entrepreneurs (TLEs) for the sustainability and competitiveness of tourism destinations has gained much attention from academic researchers and policy makers. A ...
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The role of frame resonance in resistance to touristification: how Amsterdam came to ban tourist shops from its inner city Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-19 Iris Hagemans, Bas Spierings, Jesse J. Weltevreden, Pieter Hooimeijer
Recent studies on urban policy responses to increasing tourism have moved beyond the physical impact of tourism to also include the way tourism is framed by social movements. This paper contributes...
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Expanding protected areas: a case for repairing intergenerational social capital rather than taking the path of least resistance Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Camila Rojas, B. Bynum Boley, Leon Mach, Jesse B. Abrams
With many international entities pushing for the protection of 30% of terrestrial and marine habitat by 2030 through the 30x30 global initiative, the expansion of protected areas (PA) will inevitab...
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How tourists’ negative and positive emotions motivate their intentions to reduce food waste Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Syed Muhammad Fazal-e-Hasan, Gary Mortimer, Hormoz Ahmadi, Muhammad Abid, Omar Farooque, Ali Amrollahi
Food waste significantly contributes to complex socioeconomic and environmental problems. The tourism sector is not immune to these sustainability challenges. This research examines how both negati...
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Do we have to know the hen that lays the eggs? How the disclosure timing of robot chef identity affects consumer perceived ethicality Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-10-06 Dong Hong Zhu, Wen Qi Zhang
Although large numbers of robot chefs have entered the restaurant industry, most restaurants using robot chefs do not disclose this information to consumers. Traditionally, human chefs are not iden...
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Correction Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
Published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 31, No. 9, 2023)
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Correction Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-28
Published in Journal of Sustainable Tourism (Vol. 31, No. 9, 2023)
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Women empowerment in peer-to-peer accommodation settings: perspectives of female Airbnb hosts Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-26 Fani Efthymiadou, Anna Farmaki
Despite the growing number of studies on women empowerment in tourism, the topic has received scant attention in the expanding sector of peer-to-peer (P2P) accommodation. This paper sets out to exp...
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Stakeholders’ involvement in an evidence-based sustainable tourism plan Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Kim Pham, Kathleen L. Andereck, Christine A. Vogt
Sustainable tourism planning is recommended for destination governance to ensure long-term development that balances the impacts of tourism on a community, especially in overtourism contexts. This ...
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Visitors’ willingness to pay for ecosystem conservation in Grenada Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Peter W. Schuhmann, Prosper Bangwayo-Skeete, Ryan Skeete, Alana N. Seaman, Donald C. Barnes
Understanding visitors’ willingness to pay (WTP) for natural ecosystems can assist policymakers in managing the environmental assets that form the foundation of nature-based tourism. To earn the hi...
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The carbon footprint of regional tourism trips: insights from environmentally extended regional input output analysis Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Calvin Jones
Abstract Tourism is an important and almost certainly increasing driver of anthropogenic climate change. However, intelligence on the total greenhouse gas emissions related to tourism trips – including travel to and from the destination – is limited, especially at sub-national destination scale. This paper uses an environmentally extended input-output approach to estimate the total greenhouse gas emissions
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Gen Z and the flight shame movement: examining the intersection of emotions, biospheric values, and environmental travel behaviour in an Eastern society Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-08 Ante Mandić, Sandeep K. Walia, S. Mostafa Rasoolimanesh
Abstract Using the norm activation model (NAM), our research delves into the impact of environmental concerns, and environmental self-assets on environmentally responsible travel behaviour (ENVRB), and the role of affective constructs (love for nature [LNA], respect for nature and flight shame) on travelling behaviour among Generation Z in India. Through a prediction-oriented and exploratory approach
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A moderated mediation model of tourist cultural worldviews, perceived social relations, self-esteem, and prosocial behaviors - analyzing competing models Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Elizabeth Agyeiwaah, Yuchen Zhao
Abstract Despite a great deal of recent scholarly attention devoted to prosocial behaviors in tourism, its central antecedents from a socio-psychological and cultural perspective remain unknown. Using key socio-cultural constructs (cultural worldviews, perceived social relations, and self-esteem), this research examines a baseline model and compares it with a competing model to highlight alternative
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Intermediary organizations as supporters of residents’ innovativeness and empowerment in community-based tourism Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-24 Sanghoon Lee, Dongoh Joo
Abstract Despite the importance of intermediary organizations in promoting community-based tourism, little is known about how different types of social support from intermediary organizations assist residents’ capacity building, such as their innovativeness or empowerment. To address this research gap, this study collected survey responses from 353 South Korean residents participating in a government-supported
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Indigenous women’s approaches to tourism planning: lessons from Ecuador Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Veronica Santafe-Troncoso, Ayme Tanguila-Andy
In the intersection of Indigenous tourism and gender, a pressing question arises: How can Indigenous women lead sustainability and gender equality in the tourism industry? To shed light on this iss...
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CSR managers as hybrid professionals: managing at the intersection of coexisting logics Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Mireia Guix, Tanja Petry
Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is evolving, with new sustainability issues and related tasks emerging as priorities for large hotel groups. Within this institutionally complex environment, the role of CSR manager (a relatively new professional role) is becoming ever more diverse and contextualised. We unveil how CSR managers advance their work amidst logic plurality in the early stages
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Community factors affecting residents’ support for tourism Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Walesska Schlesinger, Amparo Cervera-Taulet, Montserrat Crespi-Vallbona
Abstract This study proposes a model including several antecedents (i.e. perceived destination social responsibility, community satisfaction, emotional solidarity and place attachment) to describe local residents’ support for tourism. Hypotheses were tested employing survey data collected from 535 residents in an urban tourist destination in Spain. The results of a structural equation modelling approach
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Macro-scale decarbonisation of tourism: insights from Australia Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Ya-Yen Sun, Stefan Gossling, Nazila Babakhani
Abstract Governments and businesses have pledged to rapidly decarbonise tourism to achieve net-zero by 2050. While mitigation initiatives are implemented by individual businesses, destination managers need information to track sectoral mitigation progress and identify areas that require policy interventions. To support evidence-based tourism climate decision making, this study proposes a decomposition
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Intelligent automation for sustainable tourism: a systematic review Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Gilang Maulana Majid, Iis Tussyadiah, Yoo Ri Kim, Anjan Pal
Abstract The growing interest in intelligent automation adoption and development in tourism presents many potential solutions for sustainable tourism issues. To map the current landscape of research on intelligent automation in sustainable tourism, a systematic review was conducted of 213 scholarly articles. Five major themes were identified: intelligent automation to enhance tourist experience, preserve
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Destinations’ environmental orientation: a symbolic cluster analysis based on hotel employees’ environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-08-11 Luisa Errichiello, Carlo Drago
Abstract Environmental attitudes (environmental knowledge, awareness, and concern) are important drivers of pro-environmental behaviour for key destination stakeholder groups, including tourists, tourism business staff and residents. However, limited attention has been given to how individual attitudes within each role collectively contribute to the environmental sustainability of tourism destinations
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Rural resiliency through peer-to-peer accommodations Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 Emily Pauline Yeager, Joelle Soulard, Cynthia Deale, Liselle Milazzo
Abstract The rural service sector’s entrepreneurial venture into peer-to-peer accommodations (P2PAs) has gained momentum in rural US communities through platforms such as Airbnb with recent success attributed to a heightened urban-rural migration amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. P2PAs provide benefits such as regional economic development, small business and destination word of mouth marketing, and conservation
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Determinants of generation Z pro-environmental travel behaviour: the moderating role of green consumption values Journal of Sustainable Tourism (IF 9.47) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Manuel Alector Ribeiro, Siamak Seyfi, Sayed Elhoushy, Kyle Maurice Woosnam, Vidya Patwardhan
Abstract Generation Z (Gen Z) is widely considered the most eco-conscious generation. Nonetheless, there is a dearth of empirical research on this generation’s pro-environmental travel behaviour. To address this gap, the present research aims to investigate the interplay of values (egoistic, biospheric, altruistic) and ascribed responsibility in driving the pro-environmental travel behaviour of Gen