2009
DOI: 10.1080/09669580802495790
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Tourists' perceptions of environmentally responsible innovations at tourism businesses

Abstract: This paper investigates tourists' perceptions of environmentally responsible practices by tourism businesses by analyzing the attitudes of tourists toward "green" innovations in tourist places. It was hypothesized that tourists who were more strongly motivated by nature-oriented experiences would perceive environmentally responsible practices as more valuable than tourists less motivated by nature-oriented experiences. The study is based on a survey of individuals who visited the Arizona Welcome Center in nort… Show more

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“…As the environmental movement got underway and the environmental awareness came into focus in the late twentieth century, the tourism industry began incorporating environmentally responsible or "green" innovations into their businesses. The travelers also have become increasingly aware of the need for environmental protection [2]. To help improve relations with local communities, reduce costs, and attract green conscious attendees, green events across the country are making efforts to reduce tourists" footprint.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…As the environmental movement got underway and the environmental awareness came into focus in the late twentieth century, the tourism industry began incorporating environmentally responsible or "green" innovations into their businesses. The travelers also have become increasingly aware of the need for environmental protection [2]. To help improve relations with local communities, reduce costs, and attract green conscious attendees, green events across the country are making efforts to reduce tourists" footprint.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…atraktivni turistički proizvodi, posebice oni vezani uz zeleni turizam i oblike turizma koji doprinose njegovu održivom razvoju, s obzirom da za time postoji sve veći interes turista. Poslovanje sa smanjenim negativnim utjecajem na okoliš svakako doprinosi životu lokalne zajednice i odgovornom ponašanju svih dionika jer potiče takvo ponašanje drugih dionika unutarnje okoline destinacije, ali i privlači turiste kojima je navedeno u skladu s njihovim svakodnevnim obrascima ponašanja (Andereck, 2009;Yüzbaşıoğlu et al, 2014;Miller et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015).…”
Section: Assumptions For Successful Implementation Of the Sustainableunclassified
“…Such business operation requires integrating the principles of sustainable development by management structures and other stakeholders, followed by attractive tourism products, in particular those related to green tourism and forms of tourism that contribute to its sustainable development, given that there is an increasing interest of tourists for those products. Running a business with a reduced negative impact on the environment certainly contributes to the life of the local community and to the responsible behaviour of all stakeholders, as this promotes such behaviour of other stakeholders in the destination's interior environment, but also attracts the tourists who find the above-mentioned in accordance with their daily patterns of behaviour (Andereck, 2009;Yüzbaşıoğlu et al, 2014;Miller et al, 2015;Zhang et al, 2015).…”
Section: Assumptions For Successful Implementation Of the Sustainablementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This issue has lead Hjalager (2002) to claim that only large tourism corporations are capable of innovation because they are the only entities with enough power to alter the functionality of the industry as a whole. This claim would then exclude seemingly innovative developments in niche or tourism made by smaller businesses due to their size, however, smaller sized tourism entities can make revolutionary changes due to the nature of their development and ability to share knowledge through partnerships and education and should not be overlooked (Paskaleva-Shapira 2008;Andereck, 2009;McElroy, 2006).…”
Section: Examining Innovationmentioning
confidence: 99%