Examining Chinese tourists’ nature-based tourism participation behavior: incorporating environmental concern into a constraint-negotiation model

Chen, Annie and Peng, Norman (2016) Examining Chinese tourists’ nature-based tourism participation behavior: incorporating environmental concern into a constraint-negotiation model. Tourism Analysis, 21 (2-3). pp. 189-202. ISSN 1083-5423

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Abstract

Finding the balance between economic development and preservation of the natural environment is a challenging yet important task. This is a particularly pressing issue in the case of China, as it is the largest and fastest-growing market for tourism. The purpose of this research is to examine Chinese tourists’ participation in nature-based, tourism activities by incorporating tourists’ environmental concern, measured by a revised New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) scale, into a tourism constraint-negotiation model. The responses of 409 Chinese tourists show environmental concern will positively affect tourists’ motivation, which, in turn, will affect their negotiation strategy and ultimately their participation behavior. The theoretical and managerial implications of this study are discussed in the context of the tourism literature.

Item Type: Article
Identifier: 10.3727/108354216X14559233984737
Keywords: China; environmental concern; nature-based tourism; new environmental paradigm
Subjects: Hospitality and tourism > Tourism > Tourism management
Depositing User: Annie Chen
Date Deposited: 07 Aug 2017 11:56
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2024 15:53
URI: https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/3690

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