Pub Date : 2023-10-18DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2272063
Erose Sthapit, Brian Garrod, Dafnis N. Coudounaris, Peter Björk, Emrullah Erul, Hanqun Song
Using a theoretical foundation based on memory-dominant logic, this study aims to develop and test an integrative model of memorable wildlife tourism experiences (MWTEs). The study first considers the role of escapism, experiencescapes, experience co-creation and education as antecedents of MWTE. It then examines the relationship between MWTE, satisfaction and hedonic well-being. Data were gathered from 202 tourists over 18 years old who had been on a wildlife safari between September and December 2022. An online survey questionnaire was distributed via Amazon Mechanical Turk. The empirical results suggest that when the importance of escapism, experience co-creation and educational experiences in the experience sought is higher and when the experiencescape is more appealing, the memorability of the experience will be stronger. More memorable experiences are associated with greater tourist satisfaction and hedonic well-being. Furthermore, this study discusses theoretical and managerial implications along with recommendations for future research.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-18DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2267800
Jill Bueddefeld, Christine Van Winkle
ABSTRACTNature-based tourism is often touted as an inherently effective form of ecotourism, where visitors become ambassadors for the places they visit and participate in transformative experiences. However, research demonstrates that behavior change and transformative experiences remain elusive. This study builds upon the Contextual Model of Learning and Transformative Learning Theory by exploring visitors’ learning and behavior change at both in situ and ex situ polar bear tourism experiences. A detailed conceptual analysis and integration of existing literature provides evidence to support an integration of these learning frameworks to more effectively guide the intentional design of visitor experiences in order to target specific outcomes and domains of learning. This paper offers an important next step in providing a guiding process to facilitate and evaluate free-choice learning experiences that seek to offer visitors more intentionally designed, impactful, and potentially transformative experiences.KEYWORDS: Wildlife tourism; nature-based tourism; tourism learning; visitor experience; climate change learning; trusted messengers AcknowledgementsWe are thankful for the support of polar bear tour organizations and guides in Churchill and Winnipeg. Their cooperation made this research possible. We would also like to acknowledge the Churchill Northern Studies Centre for their financial support through the Northern Scientific Training Program and to Frontiers North Adventure Company, who provided access to tours and visitor interviews. Special thanks to the Assiniboine Park Zoo and its staff for their ongoing cooperation and facilitation of visitor tours to ensure participant recruitment for this study. Funding for this project was provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Northern Scientific Training Program.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
{"title":"Polar bears, climate change, and trusted messengers: informing the Contextual Model of Transformative Learning Theory","authors":"Jill Bueddefeld, Christine Van Winkle","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2267800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2267800","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTNature-based tourism is often touted as an inherently effective form of ecotourism, where visitors become ambassadors for the places they visit and participate in transformative experiences. However, research demonstrates that behavior change and transformative experiences remain elusive. This study builds upon the Contextual Model of Learning and Transformative Learning Theory by exploring visitors’ learning and behavior change at both in situ and ex situ polar bear tourism experiences. A detailed conceptual analysis and integration of existing literature provides evidence to support an integration of these learning frameworks to more effectively guide the intentional design of visitor experiences in order to target specific outcomes and domains of learning. This paper offers an important next step in providing a guiding process to facilitate and evaluate free-choice learning experiences that seek to offer visitors more intentionally designed, impactful, and potentially transformative experiences.KEYWORDS: Wildlife tourism; nature-based tourism; tourism learning; visitor experience; climate change learning; trusted messengers AcknowledgementsWe are thankful for the support of polar bear tour organizations and guides in Churchill and Winnipeg. Their cooperation made this research possible. We would also like to acknowledge the Churchill Northern Studies Centre for their financial support through the Northern Scientific Training Program and to Frontiers North Adventure Company, who provided access to tours and visitor interviews. Special thanks to the Assiniboine Park Zoo and its staff for their ongoing cooperation and facilitation of visitor tours to ensure participant recruitment for this study. Funding for this project was provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Northern Scientific Training Program.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135889149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2022.2085283
M. Azinuddin, M. Hanafiah, Nur Shahirah Mior Shariffuddin, Mohd Khairul Amri Kamarudin, Ahmad Puad Mat Som
ABSTRACT This study investigates the effects of perceived ecotourism design affordance and destination social responsibility on tourists’ pro-environmental behaviour and destination loyalty. It aims to shed light on the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that shape sustainable tourist behaviour. Three hundred and fourteen responses were collected quantitatively through an online survey. The research hypotheses were analysed using the Partial-least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The path analysis revealed that perceived ecotourism design affordance significantly enhances tourist pro-environmental behaviour and destination loyalty. A similar dynamic also can be reported in the context of affordance and destination social responsibility. Surprisingly, tourist pro-environmental behaviour does not affect tourist destination loyalty. Results highlighted the need for tourism policymakers and industry players to develop ecotourism products and services that allow tourists to adapt their behaviour towards a sustainable direction.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2263665
Yahya A. Alzghoul, Malek M. Jamaliah, Mohammad M. Alazaizeh, John T. Mgonja, Zaha J. Al-Daoud
ABSTRACTAlthough tour guides’ role in encouraging pro-environmental behavior has been confirmed in the literature, little research has been undertaken to examine how world heritage site (WHS) type may influence the relationship between tour guides’ performance and tourists’ pro-environmental behavior. The difference between cultural world heritage and natural world heritage in terms of tourists’ behavior is under-explored. This research aims to assess the moderating effect of world heritage type (cultural and natural) on the relationship between tour guides’ performance and tourists’ pro-environmental behavior. A self-administrated survey was used for collecting data from two of the most famous natural and cultural WHSs: Petra Archeological Park in Jordan and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. PLS-SEM was employed to conduct multi-group and path analysis. The results showed that world heritage type partially moderates the relationship between the performance of tour guides, tourists’ experience, satisfaction, and pro-environmental behavior. Managerial and theoretical implications and research directions are discussed.KEYWORDS: World heritageTour guidesPro-environmental behaviorPetraSerengetiMulti-group analysis Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
{"title":"Tour guides’ interpretation and tourists’ pro-environmental behavior: differences across cultural and natural world heritage sites","authors":"Yahya A. Alzghoul, Malek M. Jamaliah, Mohammad M. Alazaizeh, John T. Mgonja, Zaha J. Al-Daoud","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2263665","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2263665","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTAlthough tour guides’ role in encouraging pro-environmental behavior has been confirmed in the literature, little research has been undertaken to examine how world heritage site (WHS) type may influence the relationship between tour guides’ performance and tourists’ pro-environmental behavior. The difference between cultural world heritage and natural world heritage in terms of tourists’ behavior is under-explored. This research aims to assess the moderating effect of world heritage type (cultural and natural) on the relationship between tour guides’ performance and tourists’ pro-environmental behavior. A self-administrated survey was used for collecting data from two of the most famous natural and cultural WHSs: Petra Archeological Park in Jordan and Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. PLS-SEM was employed to conduct multi-group and path analysis. The results showed that world heritage type partially moderates the relationship between the performance of tour guides, tourists’ experience, satisfaction, and pro-environmental behavior. Managerial and theoretical implications and research directions are discussed.KEYWORDS: World heritageTour guidesPro-environmental behaviorPetraSerengetiMulti-group analysis Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":"143 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135831098","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-09-27DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2261663
Ting (Tina) Li, Fang Liu, Geoffrey Soutar, Dave Webb
ABSTRACTWith increasing visits to protected areas, tourism researchers suggest a new visitation paradigm (NVP) and the need for ‘mass park-visitor symbiosis.’ This study adopted the NVP approach to assess the mass symbiosis potential of the Chinese ecotourism market. Data from in-depth interviews were analysed using Leximancer, a computerised qualitative data analysis programme. The results suggest ecotourism in China has the potential to achieve the symbiosis goal, as indicated by visitors’ good knowledge of ecotourism and their environmental motivation. However, ecotourism experiences are not found to be strongly related to any environmental aspect, suggesting the mass participation for site enhancement activities might have been missing. The findings have important implications for tourism policy makers as well as providers wishing to attract Chinese tourists to ecotourism activities.KEYWORDS: New visitation paradigm (NPV)Mass PA-visitor symbiosisEcotourismMotivationsExperiencesChina Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by BHP Billiton-UWA Business School Research Development Award.
{"title":"An application of the new visitation paradigm to ecotourism in China","authors":"Ting (Tina) Li, Fang Liu, Geoffrey Soutar, Dave Webb","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2261663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2261663","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTWith increasing visits to protected areas, tourism researchers suggest a new visitation paradigm (NVP) and the need for ‘mass park-visitor symbiosis.’ This study adopted the NVP approach to assess the mass symbiosis potential of the Chinese ecotourism market. Data from in-depth interviews were analysed using Leximancer, a computerised qualitative data analysis programme. The results suggest ecotourism in China has the potential to achieve the symbiosis goal, as indicated by visitors’ good knowledge of ecotourism and their environmental motivation. However, ecotourism experiences are not found to be strongly related to any environmental aspect, suggesting the mass participation for site enhancement activities might have been missing. The findings have important implications for tourism policy makers as well as providers wishing to attract Chinese tourists to ecotourism activities.KEYWORDS: New visitation paradigm (NPV)Mass PA-visitor symbiosisEcotourismMotivationsExperiencesChina Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by BHP Billiton-UWA Business School Research Development Award.","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":"325 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135536937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-25DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2214707
B. Thomsen, Kellen Copeland, Sam Fennell, Jennifer M. Thomsen, M. Harte, Anant Deshwalt, Jon Maxwell, Bryan Breidenbach, Marley Taylor, Shelby Copeland, Cole Hosack, Amy Schneider, Sarah Coose, Dane Nickerson, Max Duggan, Taylor Heid, Olav T. Muurlink
{"title":"The promise of posthumanism in wildlife ecotourism: a set of case studies of veterinarians’ role at wildlife rehabilitation centers in Costa Rica","authors":"B. Thomsen, Kellen Copeland, Sam Fennell, Jennifer M. Thomsen, M. Harte, Anant Deshwalt, Jon Maxwell, Bryan Breidenbach, Marley Taylor, Shelby Copeland, Cole Hosack, Amy Schneider, Sarah Coose, Dane Nickerson, Max Duggan, Taylor Heid, Olav T. Muurlink","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2214707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2214707","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43249502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-14DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2212143
V. Nijman
ABSTRACT Citizen science in coastal ecosystems often involve (eco-)tourists that actively monitor reefs, species and pollution. Data collected by tourists, passively, was used to gain insight into landings of the largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), in Pangandaran Bay, Indonesia. Monitoring of illegal fishing was halted due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and lockdowns. With two million, mainly Indonesian, tourists visiting Pangandaran Bay in 2020 (30% less than in 2019) enough tourists were present to record landings of whale sharks. Monitoring social media revealed reports of 10 whale shark landings between August 2020 and August 2022. Seven were in July–August of immatures 6–7 m in length. The information passively provided by tourists since COVID-19 have given insights into the biology of whale sharks, landing risks and how communities interact with sharks. Feeding back this information to tourists is challenging, yet vital, to cement a sense of belonging, purpose and attachment to their holiday location.
{"title":"Tourists, selfies and coastal monitoring during COVID-19","authors":"V. Nijman","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2212143","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2212143","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Citizen science in coastal ecosystems often involve (eco-)tourists that actively monitor reefs, species and pollution. Data collected by tourists, passively, was used to gain insight into landings of the largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), in Pangandaran Bay, Indonesia. Monitoring of illegal fishing was halted due to COVID-19 travel restrictions and lockdowns. With two million, mainly Indonesian, tourists visiting Pangandaran Bay in 2020 (30% less than in 2019) enough tourists were present to record landings of whale sharks. Monitoring social media revealed reports of 10 whale shark landings between August 2020 and August 2022. Seven were in July–August of immatures 6–7 m in length. The information passively provided by tourists since COVID-19 have given insights into the biology of whale sharks, landing risks and how communities interact with sharks. Feeding back this information to tourists is challenging, yet vital, to cement a sense of belonging, purpose and attachment to their holiday location.","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":"22 1","pages":"578 - 584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48115215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2202361
D. Potvin, B. Gilby, Madeleine K. Anderson, Nicole I. M. Watson
{"title":"Effects of temporal variations in ecotourist noise on an avian community: a case study from a UNESCO world heritage site","authors":"D. Potvin, B. Gilby, Madeleine K. Anderson, Nicole I. M. Watson","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2202361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2202361","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48117330","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2023.2198169
Ian E. Munanura, Javier A. Parada, J. Kline
{"title":"A cognitive appraisal theory perspective of residents’ support for tourism","authors":"Ian E. Munanura, Javier A. Parada, J. Kline","doi":"10.1080/14724049.2023.2198169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2023.2198169","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39714,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Ecotourism","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.4,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47165651","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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