Influencing Factors on Tourists’ Intentions for Sustainable Tourism Destinations: Moderating Effects of Financial Constraints and Moral Reflectiveness

IF 5.4 3区材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

ACS Applied Energy Materials Pub Date : 2024-10-06 DOI:10.1002/jtr.2772

Abderrahim Laachach, Arej Alhemimah

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Abstract

This study investigates the relationships between environmental awareness, travel motivations, tourism knowledge, and intentions to choose sustainable destinations. Using a survey of 495 participants and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM), we examine how financial constraints and moral reflectiveness moderate these relationships. Our findings indicate a strong positive correlation between environmental values and support for sustainable tourism. Travel motivations, knowledge about sustainable tourism, and a positive environmental attitude all significantly contribute to a tourist's intention to travel sustainably. Interestingly, gender moderates the influence of travel motivations on environmental values, while moral reflection moderates the link between environmental values and the intention to support sustainable tourism. Financial constraints did not have a significant moderating effect. Our study provides valuable insights for stakeholders in the tourism industry, highlighting the importance of aligning strategies with tourist motivations and emphasizing environmental benefits to encourage responsible travel practices.

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游客对可持续旅游目的地意向的影响因素：财务约束和道德反思的调节作用

本研究探讨了环境意识、旅游动机、旅游知识和选择可持续旅游目的地的意愿之间的关系。通过对 495 名参与者的调查和偏最小二乘法结构方程模型（PLS-SEM），我们研究了经济约束和道德反思如何调节这些关系。我们的研究结果表明，环境价值观与对可持续旅游业的支持之间存在很强的正相关性。旅游动机、对可持续旅游的了解以及积极的环保态度都对游客的可持续旅游意愿有很大的促进作用。有趣的是，性别调节了旅游动机对环境价值观的影响，而道德反思则调节了环境价值观与支持可持续旅游意愿之间的联系。经济限制因素没有明显的调节作用。我们的研究为旅游业的利益相关者提供了有价值的见解，强调了根据游客动机调整战略和强调环境效益以鼓励负责任的旅游行为的重要性。

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ACS Applied Energy Materials Materials Science-Materials Chemistry

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

6.20%

发文量

1368

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.