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Drivers and Outcomes of Green Tourist Attitudes and Behavior: Sociodemographic Moderating Effects

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT This article reports the findings of a study, conducted among 234 foreign tourists who visited Cyprus, that aimed to identify the drivers and outcomes of eco‐friendly attitudes and behavior. Using structural equation modeling, the authors confirmed that deontological status, law obedience, and political action of tourists positively influence the adoption of an environmentally friendly attitude. In turn, these effects are conducive to eco‐friendly behavior, which ultimately enhances tourist satisfaction. Certain sociodemographic characteristics of tourists—namely, gender, age, education, and income—had a moderating effect on the link between deontological status, law obedience, and political action on the one hand and eco‐friendly attitudes on the other hand. Tourist nationality also had a control effect on tourist eco‐friendly attitudes.

Source: Psychology and Marketing

DOI: 10.1002/mar.20806

Authors: Leonidas C. Leonidou, Dafnis N. Coudounaris, Olga Kvasova, Paul Christodoulides

Institutions: University of Cyprus, University of Vaasa, University of Lancashire, Cyprus University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2124802183

FWCI: 19.86

Cites: 130

Cited by: 125

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