Motivational place attachment dimensions and the pro-environmental behaviour intention of mass tourists: a moderated mediation model

Ying Qu, Feifei Xu and Xingyang Lyu

Current Issues in Tourism, 2019, vol. 22, issue 2, 197-217

Abstract: As a majority of tourist group, the pro-environmental psychological mechanism of mass tourists has not been investigated adequately. Deepening one core facet of the model of goal-directed behaviour, this study investigates the relationships among attitude (i.e. place attachment dimensions), desire, intention and mass tourism value orientation to expound the pro-environmental mentality of mass tourists. Questionnaires were collected from 865 domestic mass tourists visiting Sanya, China. The results partially confirm the validity of the explanation model and delineate the pro-environmental motivating nuance of each place attachment dimension. Place affect and place dependence both significantly motivate the environmental activation of mass tourists. While the motivating effect of the former is rather solid, it is vulnerable to moderation when it comes to the latter. Place identity unexpectedly plays a negative motivating role. The implications of the research findings are discussed.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2017.1399988

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