The Perceptions of Climate Change Influences on Leisure Skills and Behavior Intention: Focused on Outdoor Trekking

Abstract

This study explores the relationship between climate change, leisure skill and behavioral intention, focusing on outdoor trekking activities. Among 300 questionnaires collected 286 questionnaires were used for data analysis after getting ride of 14 incomplete ones. After analyzing the results in detail, it was found that leisure skill from climate change will affect attitude and skilled leisure appeared to affect the degree of behavior intention. Climate change affects the degree of behavior intention, attitude and subjective standards, however it was not found to affect the behavioral control. These results will be followed-up further with studies on a variety of seasonal activities conducted in order to make broader generalizations. However climate change as an independent variable has significant effects on revisiting and recommendation intentions as well as producing environmentally responsible behavior. It has an especially strong effect on environmentally responsible behavior as in regards to tourist satisfaction. Some implications are also provided.