Ecotourism anywhere? The lure of ecotourism and the need to scrutinize the potential competitiveness of ecotourism developments

BS Thompson - Tourism Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study critiques attempts to develop ecotourism operations at sites with low ecotourism
potential. It draws on 34 interviews from five mangrove forests in the Philippines that were …

What drives ecotourism: environmental values or symbolic conspicuous consumption?

JM Beall, BB Boley, AC Landon… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Despite an influx of ecotourism research since the term was first coined, it is still not entirely
clear why tourists choose ecotourism over other tourism experiences. While most of the …

Current challenges facing ecotourism development in Iran

S Makian, F Hanıfezadeh - Journal of Tourismology, 2021 - dergipark.org.tr
Iran is a rich country in terms of natural, historical and cultural resources that would be
suitable for ecotourism development. Despite its many valuable attractions and growth …

Structural relationship between ecotourism motivation, satisfaction, place attachment, and environmentally responsible behavior intention in nature-based cam**

K Kim, Y Wang, J Shi, W Guo, Z Zhou, Z Liu - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study aims to make an investigation on the relationship between ecotourism motivation
(EM), satisfaction (SA), place attachment (PA), and environmentally responsible behavior …

[HTML][HTML] Tourism, governance and sustainable development

FA Dos Anjos, J Kennell - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we introduce the themes and approaches that are covered in this special issue
on tourism, governance and sustainable development. Firstly, we present a discussion of the …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of green marketing in the development of a sustainable destination through advanced clustering methods

G Gheorghe, P Tudorache, IM Roşca - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Against the backdrop of increasing concern for the environment, tourism activities have had
a mixed impact. For example, in the field of marketing communications, the last few years …

“Not just a hobby, but a lifestyle”: Characteristics, preferences and self-perception of individuals with different levels of involvement in birdwatching

E Janeczko, A Łukowski, E Bielinis, M Woźnicka… - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Birdwatching is one of the most sustainable types of nature-based tourism and, at the same
time, a form of recreation that is develo** very dynamically. Birdwatching is attracting more …

Exploring the ecotourism service experience framework using the dimensions of motivation, expectation and ecotourism experience

JKL Chan, FH Saikim - Tourism and Hospitality Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study explores the ecotourism service experience framework by analysing ecotourists'
motivations and expectations, as well as the dimensions of ecotourism experiences. A total …

Analyzing correlations in sustainable tourism perception: statistical insights from diverse caribbean Colombian tourist sites

K Santiago, A Yanes, N Mercado-Caruso - Procedia Computer Science, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of ecotourism, emphasizing the connection between
tourism and sustainability. This research aimed to conduct a correlational analysis of …

Nature-based tourism motivations and visit profiles of domestic and international segments to a Japanese national park

TE Jones, MH Nguyen - Quaestiones Geographicae, 2021 - cejsh.icm.edu.pl
The rapid post-millennial internationalisation of Japan's tourism sector and the influx of
international visitors have quickly increased visitor motivations' heterogeneity, thereby …