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Interactions and Relationships between Personal Factors in Pro-Environmental Golf Tourist Behaviour: A Gender Analysis

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  • Jesús Manuel López-Bonilla

    (Department of Business Administration and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain)

  • María del Carmen Reyes-Rodríguez

    (Department of Business Administration and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain)

  • Luis Miguel López-Bonilla

    (Department of Business Administration and Marketing, Universidad de Sevilla, 41004 Sevilla, Spain)

Abstract

There is a very clear link between tourism and sustainability due to the importance and consequences of the tourism sector in the world economy. Behavioural studies are among the major topics of sustainable tourism research. There are several factors that influence our sustainable behaviour at home and in vacation settings. In general, the main objective of this paper is to examine the personal factors in pro-environmental tourist behaviour from a gender perspective. This study is based on a sample of 347 golf tourists from 16 European countries. The results corroborated the relationships between ecological habits, personal capabilities and environmental attitudes. However, interactions between personal factors were more limited. It was shown that only the interaction between personal capabilities and externally-oriented habits have an influence on environmental attitudes. Also, some gender differences were found.

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  • Jesús Manuel López-Bonilla & María del Carmen Reyes-Rodríguez & Luis Miguel López-Bonilla, 2019. "Interactions and Relationships between Personal Factors in Pro-Environmental Golf Tourist Behaviour: A Gender Analysis," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(1), pages 1-18, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:12:y:2019:i:1:p:332-:d:303832
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