Traveling in haze: How air pollution inhibits tourists' pro-environmental behavioral intentions

Citation:

Wu, Z., & Geng, L. (2020). Traveling in haze: How air pollution inhibits tourists' pro-environmental behavioral intentions. Science of the Total Environment, 707. Elsevier B.V.

摘要:

Although air pollution is an important environmental concern in tourism, it is rarely studied in the field of sustainable tourism. Thus, we investigated how air pollution influences tourists' pro-environmental behavioral intentions (TPEBIs) through two laboratory experiments (studies 1 and 2) and one field study (study 3). Study 1 (n = 104) revealed the negative influence of air pollution on TPEBIs, both explicitly and implicitly. Study 2 (n = 108) further explored the mediating effect of state anxiety on the relationship between air pollution and TPEBIs. Furthermore, study 3 (n = 350) investigated a real sample of traveling tourists. Study 3's results confirmed the laboratory findings of studies 1 and 2, indicating the buffering effect of tourism nostalgia (i.e., a moderated mediation model) in a real traveling context. These findings advance the understanding of air pollution's impact on TPEBIs and can serve as practical advice for sustainable tourism management. © 2018 Elsevier B.V.

附注:

Export Date: 10 May 2020CODEN: STEVA通讯地址: Geng, L.; School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Nanjing UniversityChina; 电子邮件: gengliuna@nju.edu.cn基金资助详情: National Office for Philosophy and Social Sciences, NSSFC, 18BSH122基金资助文本 1: The study described in this paper was supported by the National Social Science Fund of China (No. 18BSH122 ). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.