Millennials attitudes, choices and behaviour - integrative analysis

IF 2.4 Q2 HOSPITALITY, LEISURE, SPORT & TOURISM

Journal of Ecotourism Pub Date : 2021-05-31 DOI:10.1080/14724049.2021.1932925

A. Mandić, Marija Vuković

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Individuals can play a critical role in reducing pressure on ecosystems. However, they are often not aware of their ecological footprints as they behave in ways that support their own interests. At the same time, society would benefit if we all act pro-environmentally. Using Millennials as an illustrative example and ecotourism as a study setting, this study introduces Goal Framing Theory for tourism scholars to discuss integratively how motives coexist and how they influence individuals’ choices, acts, and pro-environmental behaviour in tourism destinations. The analysis demonstrated the normative frame's prevalence by demonstrating the interrelation between the ecocentric system of beliefs, individuals’ predisposition for ecotourism, and specific behaviour intention. The findings suggest that ecocentrism within the study group reflects increasing concerns about the human-induced changes within the ecosystem and tourism growth. Results emphasise the benefits and the importance of the integrative analysis of individuals’ behaviour and suggest several new research avenues.

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千禧一代的态度、选择和行为-综合分析

个体在减轻生态系统压力方面发挥着关键作用。然而，他们往往没有意识到自己的生态足迹，因为他们的行为方式支持自己的利益。与此同时，如果我们都采取环保行动，社会也会受益。本研究以千禧一代为例，以生态旅游为研究背景，引入目标框架理论，为旅游学者综合讨论动机如何共存，以及它们如何影响旅游目的地个人的选择、行为和亲环境行为。该分析通过展示生态中心信仰体系、个体生态旅游倾向和特定行为意愿之间的相互关系，证明了规范框架的普遍性。研究结果表明，研究小组中的生态中心主义反映了人们对生态系统和旅游业发展中人为变化的日益关注。结果强调了个人行为综合分析的好处和重要性，并提出了几个新的研究途径。

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Journal of Ecotourism Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development

CiteScore

6.40

自引率

12.50%

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Ecotourism seeks to advance the field by examining the social, economic, and ecological aspects of ecotourism at a number of scales, and including regions from around the world. Journal of Ecotourism welcomes conceptual, theoretical, and empirical research, particularly where it contributes to the dissemination of new ideas and models of ecotourism planning, development, management, and good practice. While the focus of the journal rests on a type of tourism based principally on natural history - along with other associated features of the man-land nexus - it will consider papers which investigate ecotourism as part of a broader nature based tourism, as well as those works which compare or contrast ecotourism/ists with other forms of tourism/ists.