Perceived Benefits and Forest Tourists Consumption Intention: Environmental Protection Attitude and Resource Utilization Attitude as Mediators
Forests
; 13(5):812, 2022.
Article
in English
| ProQuest Central | ID: covidwho-1872012
ABSTRACT
Establishing a relationship model between environmental protection and resource utilization attitude and consumption intention is the key to promoting the sustainable development of forest tourism. From the standpoint of the Stimulus–Organism–Response (SOR) framework, the purpose of this study is to explore the complex causal relationships between perceived benefits, attitudes toward environmental protection, resource utilization attitudes, and consumption intentions in the context of forest tourism. The research data have been collected using a questionnaire survey of 436 tourists at Siming Mountain in the suburbs of Ningbo city, China. Furthermore, it is analyzed by structural equation modeling. The results indicate a positive correlation between the perceived benefits and tourists’ consumption intention that is mediated by the tourists’ attitude toward resource utilization. Although the independent mediating effect of environmental protection attitude is not supported in this study, both attitudes have played a chain-mediating role between perceived benefit and consumption intention. This study contributes to the existing knowledge by measuring the impact of perceived benefits and environmental attitudes of forest tourists on consumption intentions.
Forests And Forestry; forest tourism; perceived benefits; consumption intention; environmental protection attitude; resource utilization attitude; Siming Mountain; Consumer behavior; Tourists; Suburban areas; Suburbs; Parks & recreation areas; Forests; Consumption; Tourism; Ecotourism; Mountains; COVID-19; Environmental protection; Consumers; Environmental attitudes; Attitudes; Sustainable development; Multivariate statistical analysis; Mental health; Resource utilization; National parks; Forestry research; China
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ProQuest Central
Language:
English
Journal:
Forests
Year:
2022
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Article
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