Describing socially sustainable tourist behaviour -- development and validation of a measurement scale
Short Abstract
This research considers the concept of socially sustainable tourist behaviour. It explains the critical role of this behaviour in two parts (themes and behaviours), highlighting the lack of adequate research to date on this concept and the role of the social dimensions in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The dimensions from previous works (academic and non-academic) attempting to articulate sustainable tourist behaviour from a social perspective are summarised and classified. A measurement framework of 19 dimensions of socially sustainable tourist behaviour is proposed. It is argued that the extant literature fails to comprehensively conceptualise and measure socially sustainable tourist behaviour, and that a new framework with an associated measurement scale is needed.
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Paper Presentation
Location
Gran Canaria
Recommended Citation
Li, Jiawei, "Describing socially sustainable tourist behaviour -- development and validation of a measurement scale" (2023). ITSA 2022 Gran Canaria - 9th Biennial Conference: Corporate Entrepreneurship and Global Tourism Strategies After Covid 19. 56.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/itsa/ITSA2022/ITSA2022/56
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Describing socially sustainable tourist behaviour -- development and validation of a measurement scale
Gran Canaria
This research considers the concept of socially sustainable tourist behaviour. It explains the critical role of this behaviour in two parts (themes and behaviours), highlighting the lack of adequate research to date on this concept and the role of the social dimensions in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The dimensions from previous works (academic and non-academic) attempting to articulate sustainable tourist behaviour from a social perspective are summarised and classified. A measurement framework of 19 dimensions of socially sustainable tourist behaviour is proposed. It is argued that the extant literature fails to comprehensively conceptualise and measure socially sustainable tourist behaviour, and that a new framework with an associated measurement scale is needed.
https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/itsa/ITSA2022/ITSA2022/56
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KEYWORDS: sustainability; ethical tourism; measurement framework; responsible tourism; socially sustainable tourist behaviour; sustainable development goals; sustainable tourism