A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Will the Future Be Greener? The Environmental Behavioral Intentions of University Tourism Students
Sustainable tourism is essential for tourism sector development. Environmentally responsible behaviors and behavioral intentions are important prerequisites for sustainable tourism. This research explores the behavioral intentions of university tourism students and significant factors affecting these behavioral intentions. The questionnaire survey method was applied to university students from the tourism departments of nine universities in Taiwan. A total of 390 valid questionnaires were collected. The pro-environmental behavioral intentions of the students ranged from moderate to high. Environmental knowledge positively affected behavioral intentions and positively influenced environmental sensitivity and environmental responsibility. Furthermore, environmental sensitivity and environmental responsibility exerted a full effect in mediating the relationship between environmental knowledge and behavioral intentions. Hence, increasing students’ environmental knowledge will enhance their behavioral intentions. However, by improving students’ sensitivity and responsibility, their intentions to protect the environment can be more effectively elevated. Development implications and recommendations for sustainable tourism and higher education are provided.
Will the Future Be Greener? The Environmental Behavioral Intentions of University Tourism Students
Sustainable tourism is essential for tourism sector development. Environmentally responsible behaviors and behavioral intentions are important prerequisites for sustainable tourism. This research explores the behavioral intentions of university tourism students and significant factors affecting these behavioral intentions. The questionnaire survey method was applied to university students from the tourism departments of nine universities in Taiwan. A total of 390 valid questionnaires were collected. The pro-environmental behavioral intentions of the students ranged from moderate to high. Environmental knowledge positively affected behavioral intentions and positively influenced environmental sensitivity and environmental responsibility. Furthermore, environmental sensitivity and environmental responsibility exerted a full effect in mediating the relationship between environmental knowledge and behavioral intentions. Hence, increasing students’ environmental knowledge will enhance their behavioral intentions. However, by improving students’ sensitivity and responsibility, their intentions to protect the environment can be more effectively elevated. Development implications and recommendations for sustainable tourism and higher education are provided.
Will the Future Be Greener? The Environmental Behavioral Intentions of University Tourism Students
Su-Lan Pan (author) / Ju Chou (author) / Alastair M. Morrison (author) / Wen-Shiung Huang (author) / Meng-Chen Lin (author)
2018
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
Unknown
sustainable tourism , environmentally responsible behavior , behavioral intentions , environmental sensitivity , environmental responsibility , university tourism students , Taiwan , Environmental effects of industries and plants , TD194-195 , Renewable energy sources , TJ807-830 , Environmental sciences , GE1-350
Metadata by DOAJ is licensed under CC BY-SA 1.0
Students Waste Reduction Intentions for Greener Hostel Buildings in Universities
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 2014
Tourism Sustainability and Residents' Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions
| British Library Conference Proceedings | 1994
How Positive and Negative Environmental Behaviours Influence Sustainable Tourism Intentions
| DOAJ | 2022