The Relationship between Marine Sports Tourist Destinations, Social Responsibility, and Environmentally Responsible Behavior

Jeongmyeong Song and Jihyun Kang ()
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Jeongmyeong Song: Department of Sports Coaching, Suwon Women’s University, Suwon-si 16632, Republic of Korea
Jihyun Kang: Department of Sports Coaching, Suwon Women’s University, Suwon-si 16632, Republic of Korea

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-16

Abstract: This study investigated the structural relationship between tourist destination identification and environmental responsibility practices based on the social responsibility activities for visitors of marine sports tourist destinations where domestic travel has been active since COVID-19. Furthermore, we aimed to provide academic and practical implications by investigating the relationship between DSR, a major variable in sustainable marine sports tourism, and ERB. Data from a survey of tourists who participated in marine sports ( n = 392) were analyzed using structural equation modeling and Hayes PROCESS macro with bootstrapping procedures. According to the analysis results, it was found that marine sports tourist DSR positively affected destination identification and ERB, and that tourist destination identification positively influenced ERB. Second, it was shown that the effect of the social responsibility of a marine sports tourist destination on ERB is mediated via the influence of tourist destination identification.

Keywords: tourist destination identification; marine sports tourist; destination social responsibility; environmentally responsible behavior; tourist destination trust (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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