A Measurement Framework for Socially Sustainable Tourist Behaviour

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“…The major gap in the literature on tourism social sustainability [ 4 , [9] , [10] , [11] ] encourages research on tourist behaviors that have substantial impacts on tourism social sustainability and their drivers [ 9 , 16 ]. In this study, we explored tourist behaviors that impact tourism social sustainability in a remote village in Vietnam and their drivers.…”

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“…However, most of tourism studies have been focusing on the environmental and economic dimensions [ 6 ], leaving social sustainability the least discussed dimension in sustainable tourism research [ [7] , [8] , [9] , [10] ] and a major gap of relevant research on social dimension in achieving sustainable tourism and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals [ 9 , 11 ]. Yet, there is, for tourism, a need to advance social inclusion and justice [ 12 ].…”

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“…Furthermore, it is crucial to identify key factors that drive individuals’ behaviors because this helps develop interventions guiding right behaviors [ 8 , 14 ]. However, little is known about the drivers of socially sustainable tourist behaviors [ 8 , 9 , 15 ], paving the way for further studies.…”

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Tourism social sustainability in remote communities in Vietnam: Tourists’ behaviors and their drivers

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Vo-Thanh,

Nguyen

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Tourism social sustainability in remote communities in Vietnam: Tourists’ behaviors and their drivers

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“…Growing loneliness in different age groups, the appetite for digital detox routines, and the need for tourists and locals to switch off their digital devices have been made possible with the emerging big data applications and the slow tourism escapades. Li, Nguyen, Morrison & Coca-Stefaniak (2022) proposed a measurement framework of socially sustainable tourist behaviour that captures a broader set of dimensions and can be flexibly applied in specific tourism segments and contexts, including those new market segments becoming apparent in the post-smart “wise” tourist destinations. We bring in the case of tourist walkability.…”

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Tourist walkability and sustainable community-based tourism: conceptual framework and strategic model

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2023

IJTC

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Purpose This paper aims to determine the significance of tourist walkability on three community-based tourism sustainability indicators, namely, the economic, social and environmental benefits and costs impacting community’s quality of life through the lens of the triple bottom line approach with the institutional theory. Design/methodology/approach This study views institutions as either enabling or restricting the sustainable community-based tourism because institutions influence resource integration and value assessment by the beneficiary. Moreover, institutions also lead the co-creation of sustainable community-based tourism among various stakeholders. Drawing on this conceptualisation, the notion of sustainable community-based tourism is filtered through the lens of institutional theory. Thus, this work approaches sustainable community-based tourism as a dynamic process of co-creating a tourist destination formed by different actors’ and institutions within the ecosystem of the tourist destination. Meanwhile, the triple bottom line benefits and costs experienced by the overall community would produce net effects on the residents’ perceptions of sustainable tourism. Findings This paper classifies both tangible and intangible costs and benefits because of tourist walkability and its triple bottom line trade-offs experienced by tourists and residents. This paper penetrates new grounds by reviewing the triple bottom line impacts of tourist walkability on residents’ quality of life. Government policies as mediating variable and national culture and individual personalities of tourists and residents as moderating variables were discussed. A conceptual framework named Tourist Walkability Sustainable Tourism Impact on Residents (TWSTIR) is proposed. Finally, a Sustainable Community-based Tourism Strategic (SCBTS) model which is based on the two dimensions of intensity of tourist walkability and residents’ quality of life is proposed. Research limitations/implications Research limitations may include a lack of assessment on political, technological and legal issues, and therefore, future research is warranted in these three areas. Some emotions and attitudes of the residents may not be captured since the Gross National Index (Gross National Happiness) may have its inherent blind spots. Practical implications This paper would be of interest to the scholarly world, as its original idea and concluding research agenda are burrowing into a new sub-field of tourism research. In view of growth and degrowth of sustaining community-based tourism, the SCBTS model is presented to provide directions for tourism policymakers and entrepreneurs to formulate and implement appropriate strategy for the tourist walkability activity per se and investment in the accompanying infrastructure. Social implications This paper also presents the sacrifices and inequities in the communities and the relevance of government policies, national culture and individual personalities of tourists and residents, in which the attention of tourism policymakers and the communities that thrive on the travel and tourism industry should not be neglected. Originality/value The idea and discussion of this paper is original. This paper burrows into a new sub-field of tourism research. Tourist walkability needs more attention from the scholars, as this tourist activity can have positive and negative effects on residents’ quality of life. The TWSTIR framework is developed to discuss the relationships of tourist walkability, triple bottom line concept and residents’ quality of life within the sustainable community-based tourism scope. The SCBTS model is presented for tourism policymakers and entrepreneurs to perform appropriate strategy for the tourist walkability activity and investment in the accompanying infrastructure.

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“…Second, the needs of tourists should be understood specifically Similarly, although measurement scales have been developed for sustainable tourist behaviors (Chandran et al, 2021;MacInnes et al, 2022), more specific and comprehensive measurement scales are required for socially sustainable tourist behaviors (Li et al, 2022).…”

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Sustainable tourist behavior: A systematic literature review and research agenda

Li,

Coca‐Stefaniak,

Nguyen

et al. 2023

Sustainable Development

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Sustainable tourist behavior is a rapidly growing field within sustainable tourism. This study contributes to this emerging body of knowledge through a systematic literature review combining bibliometric and qualitative analysis of 331 publications. Key themes in sustainable tourist behavior research, including intended and actual behaviors, were identified with scholarly debates in this field discussed critically. Sustainability topics widely studied in other disciplines have been overlooked from a tourist behavior perspective, including waste classification and recycling, as well as applications of sustainable design to the management of the visitor economy. Additionally, this analysis revealed imbalances in sustainable development practice and research related to the visitor economy and gaps in theory development. This study builds on these findings and discusses an agenda for future research in sustainable tourist behavior. The findings contribute to shaping the conceptualization of sustainable tourist behavior, recognizing its dynamic nature, providing an overview of theories and antecedents, and underscoring the significance of considering diverse factors in future research. They also suggest that decision‐makers in tourism should prioritize understanding tourist sustainable behavior through market segmentation, incorporate design and technology into sustainable initiatives, and align strategies with the specific needs and requirements of tourists for effective and sustainable tourism development.

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A Measurement Framework for Socially Sustainable Tourist Behaviour

Cited by 6 publications

References 35 publications

Tourism social sustainability in remote communities in Vietnam: Tourists’ behaviors and their drivers

Tourism social sustainability in remote communities in Vietnam: Tourists’ behaviors and their drivers

Tourist walkability and sustainable community-based tourism: conceptual framework and strategic model

Sustainable tourist behavior: A systematic literature review and research agenda

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