The Responses of Responsible Tourists: Limitations and Gaps in Prosocial Consumer Research

Petra Zabukovec Baruca and Aleksandra Brezovec
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Petra Zabukovec Baruca: University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, Portorož, Slovenia
Aleksandra Brezovec: University of Primorska, Faculty of Tourism Studies – Turistica, Portorož, Slovenia

Academica Turistica - Tourism and Innovation Journal, 2014, vol. 7, issue 1, 23-33

Abstract: This article is based on the concept of responsibility in tourism from the perspective of the tourist. The aim of this paper is the consideration of the question of the suitability of responsible consumer behaviour, which is gaining in importance in the context of sustainable tourism development. Modern forms of responsibility in tourism (e.g. sustainable tourism, ethical tourism, eco-tourism, green tourism) have emerged as responses of tourism stakeholders in global economic, social and environmental issues since the turn of the millennium Such forms of tourism coming to the fore are taking responsibility for the impacts that tourism has on the social, economic and natural environments (Goodwin & Pender, 2005). Changes have always been an intrinsic part of human evolution, and in the modern world changes occur ever more rapidly. The tourist is the key actor in the network of tourism. This conceptual paper is based on an overview of scientific literature and a comparison between various concepts derived from empirical studies of responsible consumer behaviour.

Keywords: tourist; responsibility; prosocial consumer; consumer behaviour; sustainable tourism. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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