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Environmental Concern and Knowledge of Ecotourism among Three Groups of Swedish Tourists

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

The present study is aimed at investigating whether eco-tourists are more ecologically oriented than nature tourists and city tourists. In questionnaire surveys, in line with the hypotheses, the ecotourists expressed more general environmental beliefs than the nature tourists, who, in turn, had more pro-environmental beliefs than the city tourists. Similar results were found in the attitudes the three groups of tourists had toward the impacts of tourism on local people. The eco-tourists and the nature tourists also reported a more pro-environmental behavior than the city tourists. The ecotourists and nature tourists, did not, however, differ in this respect. In all three groups, knowledge about ecotourism was limited and mainly associated with ecologically sound tourism. The application of Stern and colleagues’ schematic causal model of environmental concern proved to be useful, and implications for the tourism industry can be derived.

Publiceringsår

2006

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

217-226

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Journal of Travel Research

Volym

45

Issue

2

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

SAGE Publications

Ämne

  • Building Technologies

Nyckelord

  • ecotourists • nature tourists • environmental concern • environmental attitudes • knowledge of ecotourism

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0047-2875