Values and motivations in tourist perceptions of last-chance tourism
Tourists' perceptions of climate change affect decisions and choices to visit destinations, which are disappearing because of climate change impacts. Values and motivations are two of the personal variables underpinning tourists' decisions. The study addresses both the limited values resea...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/1467358415619674 2024-09-30T14:30:59+00:00 Values and motivations in tourist perceptions of last-chance tourism Hindley, Ann Font, Xavier 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1467358415619674 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1467358415619674 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full-xml/10.1177/1467358415619674 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license Tourism and Hospitality Research volume 18, issue 1, page 3-14 ISSN 1467-3584 1742-9692 journal-article 2015 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/1467358415619674 2024-09-17T04:38:49Z Tourists' perceptions of climate change affect decisions and choices to visit destinations, which are disappearing because of climate change impacts. Values and motivations are two of the personal variables underpinning tourists' decisions. The study addresses both the limited values research in tourism and reveals unconscious motives by using projective techniques. Projective techniques avoid some of the social desirability bias present in much ethical research. Choice ordering technique and the list of values assist by assigning importance, with narrative responses providing meaning. The construction technique builds a story from a stimulus, with photo-elicitation using participants' personal holiday photographs. A sample of pre, during and post visit tourists to the Arctic and Venice were interviewed. Results, which provide a more nuanced understanding of how the personal variables of values and motivations are underpinned by self-interest, inform policies and the messages designed to influence pro-sustainability behaviour. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change SAGE Publications Arctic Tourism and Hospitality Research 18 1 3 14 |
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Tourists' perceptions of climate change affect decisions and choices to visit destinations, which are disappearing because of climate change impacts. Values and motivations are two of the personal variables underpinning tourists' decisions. The study addresses both the limited values research in tourism and reveals unconscious motives by using projective techniques. Projective techniques avoid some of the social desirability bias present in much ethical research. Choice ordering technique and the list of values assist by assigning importance, with narrative responses providing meaning. The construction technique builds a story from a stimulus, with photo-elicitation using participants' personal holiday photographs. A sample of pre, during and post visit tourists to the Arctic and Venice were interviewed. Results, which provide a more nuanced understanding of how the personal variables of values and motivations are underpinned by self-interest, inform policies and the messages designed to influence pro-sustainability behaviour. |
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