Showing papers in "Journal of Sustainable Tourism in 2018"
TL;DR: In this paper, a scientometric analysis of 976 academic publications between 1990 and 2015 related to climate change and tourism is presented to characterize the intellectual landscape by identifying and visualizing the evolution of the collaboration network, the co-citation network, and emerging trends.
Abstract: The interaction between climate change and tourism has been one of the most critical and dynamic research areas in the field of sustainable tourism in recent years In this paper, a scientometric analysis of 976 academic publications between 1990 and 2015 related to climate change and tourism is presented to characterize the intellectual landscape by identifying and visualizing the evolution of the collaboration network, the co-citation network, and emerging trends The results show that the number of publications in this field has increased rapidly and it has become an increasingly interdisciplinary research subject The most productive authors and institutions in this subject area are in Australia, USA, Canada, New Zealand, and European countries In this paper, we identify the most pressing topics of climate change and tourism research, as represented in the existing literature, which include the consequences of climate change for tourism, necessary adaptations, the vulnerability of the tourism
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the mechanisms that underlie organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (OCBE) in four and five-star hotels in Poland and found that employee values and commitment were positively related to OCBE, and that employees engagement in extra-role green activities was equally explained by individual and hotel-level factors.
Abstract: This paper adopts a multilevel approach and uses hierarchical-level modelling, to explore the mechanisms that underlie organizational citizenship behaviour for the environment (OCBE) in four- and five-star hotels in Poland. It contributes both to organizational climate research and the organizational greening literature. More specifically, it examines the direct effects of green organizational climate (GOC) on OCBE, as well as its moderating effects on the relationships between individual factors and OCBE. The results indicate that GOC had a direct impact on OCBE and that it had a significant moderating effect on the relationships between personal environmental values and OCBE, and between affective organizational commitment and OCBE. It also emerged that employee values and commitment were positively related to OCBE, and that employees’ engagement in extra-role green activities was equally explained by individual- and hotel-level factors. However, we found that in most hotels, there were weak GOC...
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TL;DR: In the recent era of globalisation, the tourism sector is growing rapidly and stimulates economic growth across the world, however, the inevitable environmental consequences of tourism cannot be ignored as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In the recent era of globalisation, the tourism sector is growing rapidly and stimulates economic growth across the world, however, the inevitable environmental consequences of tourism cannot be ig...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the internal attributes that lead tourists to adopt three dimensions of sustainable behavior drawing on the value-belief-norm model and found that pro-sustainable behavior is reflected in three dimensions related to behaviors that reduce environmental impacts, the consumption of local goods and services, and a willingness to sacrifice time and money to choose sustainable options.
Abstract: Understanding the psychological mechanisms underpinning tourists’ voluntary adoption of behaviors that minimize harm to environments and communities that support tourism is critical for the sustainability of the industry. In this study, we examined the internal attributes that lead tourists to adopt three dimensions of pro-sustainable behavior drawing on the value-belief-norm model. We hypothesized that pro-sustainable behavior is reflected in three dimensions of intent related to behaviors that reduce environmental impacts, the consumption of local goods and services, and a willingness to sacrifice time and money to choose sustainable options. Additionally, hypothesized behavior to be a function of altruistic values, beliefs and Personal Norms. Data were drawn from a panel of active US tourists (N = 623). The hypothesized model predicting pro-sustainable behavior was tested using structural equation modeling techniques. Results demonstrate that the model adequately fit the data, and that Personal...
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TL;DR: In this article, a model that investigates the relationship between green practices, green image, environmental consciousness and the behavioral intentions of customers in a certified hotel context was developed, which examined the direct and moderating role of environmental consciousness in the formation of behavioral intentions based on green initiatives.
Abstract: Environmental certifications are considered an extremely useful tool to promote sustainable tourism; however, little is known about customer perceptions of these schemes and how these certifications might relate to customer behavior when there are customer segments with different levels of environmental consciousness. This study develops a model that investigates the relationship between green practices, green image, environmental consciousness and the behavioral intentions of customers in a certified hotel context. The study examines the direct and moderating role of environmental consciousness in the formation of behavioral intentions based on green initiatives. To test the proposed model empirically, 502 personal surveys of hotel customers were conducted in Spain using a structured questionnaire. The findings show that customer perceptions of green practices have a directly positive effect on a hotel's green image. At the same time, this green image has directly positive effects on customer beh...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors contribute to the advancement of quality-of-life research in tourism by examining complex relationships involving direct, mediated, moderated and moderated mediation relationships among tourists.
Abstract: This paper contributes to the advancement of quality-of-life research in tourism by examining complex relationships involving direct, mediated, moderated and moderated mediation relationships among...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a structural model was developed and tested to examine direct and indirect causal effects of place attachment, host-tourist interaction, and perceived positive and negative tourism impacts on the residents' attitudes towards tourism development in an island tourism destination in Cape Verde.
Abstract: A clear understanding of residents’ attitudes towards tourism development and its determinants is a crucial pillar for designing tourism development strategies to promote sustainable development. The literature on the influence of host–tourist interactions and place attachment on residents’ attitudes towards tourism development in developing countries is still scarce. To extend knowledge in this field, this study aims at developing and testing a structural model to examine direct and indirect causal effects of place attachment, host–tourist interaction, and perceived positive and negative tourism impacts on the residents’ attitudes towards tourism development in an island tourism destination – Boa Vista Island in Cape Verde. Results suggest that the residents’ attitudes are positively affected by place attachment, host–tourist interaction, and perceived positive impacts; and negatively affected by perceived negative impacts. Host–tourist interaction emerges as the strongest (direct and indirect) d...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the predictive role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for tourists' organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (employee OCBE) has been assessed for tourists in the tourism industry.
Abstract: Tourists can serve as contributors to the sustainability of tourist destinations Thus, tourists’ citizenship behavior for the environment (customer CBE), which contributes to the sustainable greening of tourist destinations, should be activated The primary aim of our research is to assess the predictive role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) for tourists’ CBE This research also seeks to investigate the effect of CSR on employees’ organizational citizenship behavior for the environment (employee OCBE) Our research model was tested using the data-set from tour guides and their tourists in tourism industry in the Vietnamese business setting The findings from our research provided evidence for the positive effect of CSR on customer CBE In addition, CSR was found to foster employee OCBE, which in turn promoted customer CBE as well as intensified the CSR-customer CBE relationship Customer CBE was also found to play a role in amplifying employee OCBE as well as the CSR-employee OCBE linkage
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TL;DR: In this paper, the conjoining aspects of personal and social norms for the first time was investigated, and a hypothetical model was proposed to explain the direct and indirect effects of pro-environmental UGC in activating tourists' proenvironmental behavioral intentions.
Abstract: Appealing to tourists’ intrinsic interest for high-quality tourism environments, and thus encouraging them to act with a greater sense of personal responsibility toward the environment, could be critical to promoting sustainable tourism. Proliferating media channels makes the choice, style and delivery of pro-environmental messages a key issue for tourism marketers and management. Social media has become a recognized important channel for tourism information, with user-generated content (UGC) being more trusted than official channels, yet there is little knowledge about its potential role in activating pro-environmental norms. This study investigates that issue. Focusing on the conjoining aspects of personal and social norms for the first time, we propose a hypothetical model to explain the direct and indirect effects of pro-environmental UGC in activating tourists’ pro-environmental behavioral intentions. Working in a Chinese context, where social media plays an increasing role, the research, usi...
109 citations
TL;DR: The established tourism planning, development and research is under attack from many quarters on the grounds that “business as usual” seems impossible to reconcile with sustainability as discussed by the authors, and the established mindset underpinning tourism planning and development, and its implications for a global sustainable tourism resea...
Abstract: The established mindset underpinning tourism planning, development and research is under attack from many quarters on the grounds that “business as usual” seems impossible to reconcile with sustainability. The paper first highlights key characteristics of the prevailing paradigm associated with tourism industry expansion globally. It then identifies common elements of an alternative “sustainable futures” paradigm, contrasting its features with those of the established paradigm in relation to seven fundamental elements: neo-liberalism, anthropocentrism, shareholder orientation, growth, price, space and promotion. Next, the paper identifies the implications of the alternative paradigm in terms of the underpinning mindset (attitudes and behaviours) of major tourism stakeholders. Pathways to facilitate the transition to the new sustainable futures’ paradigm are identified. The paper concludes with reflections on the power of the new paradigm, and its implications for a global sustainable tourism resea...
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TL;DR: In this article, the neglect of an employment or workforce focus in policy engagement and planning for sustainable tourism is highlighted, where the authors focus on the importance of workforce in sustainable tourism.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the neglect of an employment or workforce focus in policy engagement and planning for sustainable tourism. Tourism is of interest here because there is an established role for...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore how corporate social responsibility has developed within the tourism and hospitality literature, paying particular attention to current gaps and highlighting the contributions of the research in this special issue, highlighting the importance of integrating a range of stakeholder perspectives and needs throughout the planning, implementation and evaluation of CSR initiatives.
Abstract: The past decade has seen significant growth in the tourism and hospitality literature on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Indeed, over 70% of the articles on this topic have been published in the past five years. Through the application of a stakeholder lens, this paper explores how CSR has developed within the extant literature, paying particular attention to current gaps and highlighting the contributions of the research in this special issue. This emerging research on CSR in the context of tourism and hospitality is pushing past the boundaries of early approaches to corporate sustainability by providing empirical evidence to support the importance of integrating a range of stakeholder perspectives and needs throughout the planning, implementation, and evaluation of CSR initiatives. We observe that while there is ample research on certain stakeholder groups such as management, employees, shareholders, and consumers, there is less emphasis on the role of communities and ecosystems as stakeholders and very little related to suppliers, NGOs, and government. Although tourism and hospitality firms may not be subject to the same pressures as other industries, there remain important opportunities to both document and engage these external stakeholders in the journey towards sustainability.
TL;DR: In this article, a key strategy for hoteliers is developing persuasive messages, with the goal of encouraging guests' voluntary behavior change, to enacting sustainable behaviours in the tourism sector.
Abstract: One of the major challenges for the tourism sector is enacting sustainable behaviours. A key strategy for hoteliers is developing persuasive messages, with the goal of encouraging guests’ voluntary...
TL;DR: The hotel sector recognizes its social responsibility and considers it as part of its image as discussed by the authors, and thus requires new variables and tools to support this responsibility, which requires new variable and tools.
Abstract: The hotel sector, one of the main pillars of the tourism industry, recognizes its social responsibility and considers it as part of its image. For this reason, firms require new variables and tools...
TL;DR: In this article, a systematic literature review of integrated sustainability indicators for tourism (ISIT) is presented, based on a categorization of the studies' academic disciplines, methods and organization of indicators, and the results reveal that despite being a relatively young area of study, research on ISIT has developed simultaneously across multiple academic disciplines.
Abstract: Integrated sustainability indicators for tourism (ISIT) address tourism as an element of both economic and socio-ecological systems and as actively integrated in multi-level policy-making and planning. This paper aims to review studies of ISIT in peer-reviewed journals with a focus on methodological approaches. By specifically examining ISIT, this study embraces the interdisciplinary nature of both sustainability science and tourism studies. The results are based on a systematic literature review and categorization of the studies’ academic disciplines, methods and organization of indicators. The results reveal that despite being a relatively young area of study, research on ISIT has developed simultaneously across multiple academic disciplines, and is expanding. There seems to be greater interest in developing new methodologies than applying existing indicator frameworks. Most papers refer to indicators thematically and thus discuss tourism separately in the contexts of environmental, social or ec...
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical model of the direct negative effects of family ownership on the adoption of sustainability practices was developed to examine the socio-emotional wealth perspective of family firms.
Abstract: Sustainability practices are critical for family firms, as they relate directly to the continuity of the business and relationships with important stakeholders, such as members of the local community. Nevertheless, not all family firms wish to adopt sustainability practices. To examine this, we draw upon the socioemotional wealth perspective in order to develop a theoretical model of the direct negative effects of family ownership on the adoption of sustainability practices. We also suggest moderating effects of long-term orientation (LTO) on this link. Our model is tested on a sample of 195 family firms in the tourism and hospitality sector. The results support our hypothesis that family ownership negatively influences the adoption of sustainability practices. Additionally, LTO moderates the relationship between family ownership and the adoption of sustainability practices, such that family owners with a high LTO are more likely to adopt this particular practice compared to those with a low LTO.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe how family firms often pursue social and environmental sustainability, or corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts that go beyond regulations, particularly in nature-based industries.
Abstract: Family firms often pursue social and environmental sustainability, or corporate social responsibility (CSR) efforts that go beyond regulations This is particularly true in nature-based industries
TL;DR: In this article, the community capitals framework is adopted to assess these linkages from a systems-thinking perspective in which community capitals' stock and flow, explained by a community's participation in tourism determines the direction of change.
Abstract: Participation in wildlife-based community tourism within and around protected areas is seen as a tool to link biodiversity conservation and community livelihoods improvement. However, there is a deficiency of frameworks currently used to understand complex and dynamic relationships that exist among conservation, tourism and development. The community capitals framework is adopted to assess these linkages from a systems-thinking perspective in which community capitals’ stock and flow, explained by a community's participation in tourism determines the direction of change. Results of the Chobe Enclave Conservation Trust in Botswana indicate that all community capitals are interdependent and play a dynamic role in shaping the spiraling of community livelihoods. Participation in tourism led to both the spiraling up and down of community capitals. The spiraling up of community capitals is explained by increased livelihoods and diversification options facilitated by increased tourism income. The spiralin...
TL;DR: The Paris Climate Agreement is based on pledges from 195 countries to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) to prevent dangerous climate change as mentioned in this paper, and the tourism sector has likewise pledged to reduce its GHG emissions (−70% by 2050); however, current emission trends would result in a tripling in the same timeframe.
Abstract: The Paris Climate Agreement is based on pledges from 195 countries to substantially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) to prevent dangerous climate change. The tourism sector has likewise pledged to reduce its GHG emissions (−70% by 2050); however, current emission trends would result in a tripling in the same timeframe. In order to understand how the sector understands the decarbonisation challenge, 17 senior tourism leaders were interviewed with regard to their perspectives on the risks and opportunities associated with climate change impacts and action. Respondents affirmed that the climate is already changing, fuelled by human activities, including tourism, and that its impacts on society and tourism will be largely negative and devastating in some regions. Opinion was divided regarding mitigation timelines, the compatibility of continued tourism growth with Paris Climate Agreement decarbonisation goals, and the role of technology and governance in reducing emissions. The paper examines leaders’ perspectives in terms of “belief systems” that interpret information in decision-making, as well as forms of agnogenesis; this is, the fabrication of uncertainty to justify non-action. Belief systems and agnogenesis are thought to represent important barriers to progress on the decarbonisation of tourism, as they are for the global low-carbon transition. (Less)
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the effect of tourism investment on tourism development and CO2 emissions in 28 EU countries using annual data from 1990 to 2013, and find that tourism investment has a positive effect on both tourism and CO 2 emissions.
Abstract: The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of tourism investment on tourism development and CO2 emissions in a panel of 28 EU countries using annual data from 1990 to 2013. The empiri...
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors identify potential segments of local residents based on their image of the place they live in as a tourist destination and identify whether those image-based resident groups share similar/different levels of place attachment and intentions toward tourism.
Abstract: While there is a plethora of studies segmenting the lucrative tourism market, limited attention has been given to identifying potential segments of local residents based on their image of the place they live in as a tourist destination. This study aims to address this gap by a) clustering local residents of a tourist destination based on their images of that place; and b) identifying whether those image-based resident groups share similar/different levels of place attachment and intentions toward tourism (support for tourism, intention to recommend it to others). Analysis was based on a sample of 368 residents of Eilat, Israel. The findings suggest the presence of three resident groups with different images of Eilat - called Nature Aesthete, Appreciator, and Critical - and provide support that these groups exhibit dissimilar levels of attachment and intentions/behavior toward tourism. The Appreciator (residents with the most favorable image) were reported exhibiting higher levels of place attachment, support for tourism and were more likely to recommend their place to others as a tourist destination than the Critical (residents with the least favorable image). The implications of these findings to tourism theory and practice are discussed.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how over 40 years of tourism development have led to complex and multi-scale changes within an Indigenous Fijian village, and established that tourism development brought a range of ecological shifts that have, over time, spurred far-reaching changes within the embedded sociocultural constructs of the community.
Abstract: Understanding the complex and adaptive nature of Pacific Island communities is a growing yet relatively unexplored area in the context of tourism development. Taking an ethnographic research approach, this study examines how over 40 years of tourism development have led to complex and multi-scale changes within an Indigenous Fijian village. The study establishes that tourism development has brought a range of ecological shifts that have, over time, spurred far-reaching changes within the embedded sociocultural constructs of the community. The development of the Naviti Resort, a water catchment dam, a causeway and a man-made island have created substantial changes in totemic associations, livelihood approaches, and traditional knowledge structures within Vatuolalai village. The emergence of internal adaptive cycles, and new behaviours, practices and values that redefine the cultural landscape will be discussed. This paper demonstrates the interconnectivity of nature, society and culture within Indigenous communal systems and asserts that ecological changes introduced in one part of a community stimulate complex, non-linear responses in other elements of the socio-ecological system of a Fijian village.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors expanded the profile characteristics of island-based tourists by assessing recreation experiences and revealed that tourists can be segmented into four groups according to their recreation experiences: multi-experience recreationists, aestheticists, hedonists and knowledge seekers.
Abstract: This study expands the profile characteristics of island-based tourists by assessing recreation experiences. In so doing, it aims to elucidate the market segmentation of island-based tourists by assessing the recreation experiences of tourists at Liuqiu Island in Taiwan. A total of 481 useable questionnaires were obtained and analyzed. The analytical results indicate that tourists can be segmented into four clusters according to their recreation experiences: multi-experience recreationists, aestheticists, hedonists and knowledge seekers. These four different tourist segments performed significantly differently in terms of environmentally responsible behavior (ERB). The market segmentation introduced in this study can be helpful for elucidating tourist experiences and ERB implementation. Understanding tourism experience preferences will help managers develop marketing strategies and design tourism products to meet tourists’ needs. This study's findings could be used to provide different strategies ...
TL;DR: In this article, the role of green human resource practices (training, empowerment and rewarding for pro-environmental behaviors) in fostering employees' green recovery performance was investigated, and participants recruited for this study comprised frontline employees and their supervisors from tour companies based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Abstract: A tourist organization’ green sustainability can be achieved not only through its employees’ environmental activities but also through their green recovery behavior performed to resolve or recover environmentally–unfriendly actions in their tourist services. The primary aim of our research is to investigate the role of green human resource (HR) practices (training, empowerment and rewarding for pro-environmental behaviors) in fostering employees’ green recovery performance. Participants recruited for this study comprised frontline employees and their supervisors from tour companies based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The research results provided support for the mediation role of employee environmental commitment for the positive effects of green HR practices on employee's green recovery performance. Moreover, serving culture was found to play a moderating role to strengthen the impacts of green HR practices on employee environmental commitment as well as for the effect of employee environment com...
TL;DR: Length-of-stay (LOS) is a key parameter in destination management that determines the number of guest nights relative to arrival numbers, with concomitant repercussions for revenue generation and o...
Abstract: Length-of-stay (LOS) is a key parameter in destination management that determines the number of guest nights relative to arrival numbers, with concomitant repercussions for revenue generation and o...
TL;DR: A thorough understanding of the influencing factors and mechanisms of community resilience in tourism destinations is vital not only for recovery after disasters, but also for strengthening the adap... as mentioned in this paper,.
Abstract: A thorough understanding of the influencing factors and mechanisms of community resilience in tourism destinations is vital not only for recovery after disasters but also for strengthening the adap...
TL;DR: In this article, the intricate associations among social norms among young vacationers' waste reduction and recycling decision formation were investigated, and the authors investigated the intricate association between social norms and waste reduction.
Abstract: Despite its importance, young vacationers’ waste reduction and recycling decision formation remains unknown. This research was designed to investigate the intricate associations among social norms ...
TL;DR: Learning is often a central element of tourism as discussed by the authors, and tourists can learn actively and passively through the comparison of values, norms and customs, as well as passively through comparison of norms and values.
Abstract: Learning is often a central element of tourism. Tourists can learn actively, i.e. with a specific purpose, as well as passively through the comparison of values, norms and customs. It has been argu ...
TL;DR: Based on signaling theory, the authors investigates how the perceived reputation of a destination impacts the environmentally responsible behavior and subjective well-being of tourists in terms of tourists' perceived perceived reputation.
Abstract: Based on signaling theory, this study investigates how the perceived reputation of a destination impacts the environmentally responsible behavior (ERB) and subjective well-being (SWB) of tourists t...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine how and why communities participate in community-based tourism and examine how participation might be understood and explained across three cases from Kenya, namely, Il Ngwesi, Lumo Wildlife Sanctuary and Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary.
Abstract: Community-based tourism (CBT) is a diversely interpreted term, which has presented understanding and practice contests. These contests highlight the centrality (or not) of participation in CBT, and even its developmental failure. We attempt to move the conversation away from whether and how much participation exists to focus on emic interpretations of how CBT is experienced. As such, our focus is on how and why communities participate in CBTs, as informed by practice theory. We examine how participation might be understood and explained across three cases from Kenya, namely Il Ngwesi, Lumo Wildlife Sanctuary and Mwaluganje Elephant Sanctuary. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews, participant observation and documented sources. The findings highlighted that CBT was a response to contextual challenges, led by the community elders. Community participation was often through representation, which is interpreted in relation to local practices. Case narratives and thematic analysis demonstr...