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Drawing on the nudge theory, this study sought to identify whether street furniture was able to nudge tourists' pro-environmental behaviors (PEBs) and in what ways. Semi-structured qualitative interviews with 40 tourists who visited Macao (A Special Administrative Region of China) and field observations were conducted. The results revealed that street furniture played an important role in nudging tourists' PEB in several ways, including changing the choice environment, drawing attention, harnessing social influence, and using gentle persuasion. This study adds knowledge on how street furniture can nudge tourists' PEB. Practical suggestions are given to destinations' facility managers and planners for utilizing their street furniture to encourage tourists' environmentally conscious behaviors.
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International Journal of Tourism Research promotes and enhances research developments in the field of tourism. The journal provides an international platform for debate and dissemination of research findings whilst also facilitating the discussion of new research areas and techniques. IJTR continues to add a vibrant and exciting channel for those interested in tourism and hospitality research developments. The scope of the journal is international and welcomes research that makes original contributions to theories and methodologies. It continues to publish high quality research papers in any area of tourism, including empirical papers on tourism issues. The journal welcomes submissions based upon both primary research and reviews including papers in areas that may not directly be tourism based but concern a topic that is of interest to researchers in the field of tourism, such as economics, marketing, sociology and statistics. All papers are subject to strict double-blind (or triple-blind) peer review by the international research community.
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