Beyond ecotourism: The environmentally responsible tourist in the general travel experience

Tourism Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a   Long, Patrick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

A priori segmentation; Environmentally responsible tourists; Green tourism; Profiling; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551711360     PISSN: 10835423     EISSN: 19433999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/108354209X12596287114291     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Ataljevic, I., & Doorne, S. (2000). "Staying within the fence": Lifestyle entrepreneurship in tourism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 8(5), 378-391.
2. Ballantine, J. L., & Eagles, P. F. J. (1994). Defining Canadian ecotourists. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2(1), 1-6.
3. Baumgartner, H. & Steenkamp, J.-B. E. M. (2001). Response styles in marketing research: A cross-national investigation. Journal of Marketing Research, 38(2), 143-56.
4. Berry, S., & Ladkin, A. (1997). Sustainable tourism: A regional perspective. Tourism Management, 18(7), 433- 440.
5. Blamey, R. (1997). Ecotourism: The search for an operational definition. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 5(2), 109-130.
6. Blamey, R., & Braithwaite, V. (1997). A social values segmentation of the potential ecotourism market. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 5(1), 29-45.
7. Carter, J., & Narasimhan, R. (1998). Environmental supply chain management. East Lansing, Michigan: Center for Advanced Purchasing Studies, Michigan State University.
8. Ceballos-Lascuraín, H. (1991). Tourism, eco-tourism and protected areas. In J. A. Kusler (Ed.), Eco-tourism and resource conservation (Vol. 1, pp. 24-30). Berne/New York: Association of State Wetland Managers.
9. Crouch, G., Devinney, T., Dolnicar, S., Huybers, T., Louviere, J., & Oppewal, H. (2005) New horses for old courses. Questioning the limitations of sustainable tourism to supply-driven measures and the nature-based contexts. ANZMAC CD Proceedings.
10. Dolnicar, S. (2004a). Insight into sustainable tourists in Austria: Data based a priori segmentation approach. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 12(3), 209-218.
11. Dolnicar, S. (2004b). Beyond "commonsense segmenta-tion"-a systematics of segmentation approaches in tourism. Journal of Travel Research, 42(3), 244-250.
12. Dolnicar, S. (2006). Nature-conserving tourists: The need for a broader perspective. Anatolia, 17(2), 235-258.
13. Dolnicar, S., Crouch, G. I., & Long, P. (2008). Environmentally friendly tourists: What do we really know about them? Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 16(2), 197-210.
14. Dolnicar, S., & Leisch, F. (2008a). An investigation of tourists' patterns of obligation to protect the environment. Journal of Travel Research, 46(4), 381-391.
15. Dolnicar, S., & Leisch, F. (2008b). Selective marketing for environmentally sustainable tourism. Tourism Management, 29(4), 672-680.
16. Eagles, P. (1992). The travel motivations of Canadian eco-tourists. Journal of Travel Research, 3(2), 3-7.
17. Fairweather, J. R., Maslin, C., & Simmons, D. G. (2005). Environmental values and response to ecolabels among international visitors to New Zealand. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 13(1), 82-98.
18. Getz, D. (1994). Residents' attitudes towards tourism-a longitudinal study in Spey Valley, Scotland. Tourism Management, 15(4), 247-258.
19. Kerstetter, D. L., Hou, J. S., & Lin, C. H. (2004). Profiling Taiwanese ecotourists using a behavioral approach. Tourism Management, 25, 491-498.
20. Khan, M. (2003). ECOSERV-Ecotourists quality expectations. Annals of Tourism Research, 30, 109-124.
21. Knowles, T., Macmillan, S., Palmer, J., Grabowski, P. & Hashimoto, A. (1999). The development of environmental initiatives in tourism: Responses from the London Hotel Sector. International Journal of Tourism Research, 1, 255-265.
22. Kretchman, J. A., & Eagles, P. F. J. (1990) An analysis of the motives of ecotourists in comparison to the general Canadian population. Society and Leisure, 13(2), 499- 508.
23. Laroche, M., Bergeron, J., & Barbaro-Forleo, G. (2001). Targeting consumers who are willling to pay more for environmentally friendly products. Journal of Consumer Marketing, 18(6), 503-520.
24. Matell, M. S., & Jacoby, J. (1971). Is there an optimal number of alternatives for Likert scale items? Study I: Reliability and validity. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 31, 657-74.
25. Mazanec, J. (2000). Market segmentation. In J. Jafari (Ed.), Encyclopedia of tourism. London: Routledge.
26. McCool, S. F., & Reilly, T. (1993). Benefit segmentation analysis of State Park visitors setting preferences and behavior. Journal of Park and Recreation Administration, 11(4), 1-14.
27. Middleton, V. T. C. (1998). Sustainable tourism-a marketing perspective. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann.
28. Mullis, B., & Krahenbuhl, P. (2006). Sustainable travel reader. Boulder, CO: Sustainable Travel International, Inc.
29. Palacio, V., & McCool, S. F. (1997). Identifying ecotourists in Belize through benefit segmentation: A preliminary analysis. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 5(3), 234- 244.
30. Peabody, D. (1962). Two components in bipolar scales: Direction and extremeness. Psychological Review, 69(2), 65-73.
31. Pearce, D. G., & Wilson, P. M. (1995). Wildlife-viewing tourists in New Zealand. Journal of Travel Research, 34(2), 19-26.
32. Ryan, C., & Huyton, J. (2000). Who is interested in Aboriginal tourism in the Northern Territory, Australia? A cluster analysis. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 8(1), 53-88.
33. Wight, P. (1996). North American ecotourists: Market profile and trip characteristics. Journal of Travel Research, 34(4), 2-10.