Impact of Situational Environmental Education on Tourist Behavior—A Case Study of Water Culture Ecological Park in China

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ID15465119
AutoresJinming Wang (0000-0001-6542-7409, The University of Kitakyushu, autor correspondente), Jialu Dai (The University of Kitakyushu), Bart Dewancker (0000-0002-1212-0750, The University of Kitakyushu), Weijun Gao (0000-0003-0299-3686, The University of Kitakyushu), Zaiqiang Liu (The University of Kitakyushu), Yue Zhou (0009-0009-2070-9715, The University of Kitakyushu)
Ano2022
Volume19
Fascículo18
Páginas11388-11388
Data de publicação2022-09-09
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditoraMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191811388
PMID36141660
OpenAlexW4296019792
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas68

With the increasing number of travelling people, the behavior of tourists is having an increasing impact on the environment. Situational environmental education will influence the tourists' responsible environmental behavior, which positively or negatively affects the environment. The purpose of this study is to explore the impact of situational environmental education on tourists' responsible environmental behavior through a field study of Changchun Water Culture Ecological Park, combined with a survey and Zaltman metaphor elicitation technique (ZMET) interview method. There are 527 questionnaires, 89 pre-questionnaires, and 15 interview records collected. The results showed that: (1) All interviewees were impressed with the situational environmental education in the park. It can be concluded that the situational environmental education is easily accepted. The reason may be that, among the theme park users, 42.69% were aged 21-30 year's old, and 62.8% of the population have a college degree or above. (2) The standardized path coefficient of situational environmental education in tourist destinations for tourists' behavioral intention is 0.74, and the standardized path coefficient for responsible environmental behavior is 0.78, which is much higher than the standard value of 0.4. Therefore, situational environmental education has positive influences on the tourists' behavioral intention and responsible environmental behavior. (3) The sensitive analysis the tourists' behavioral intention has a positive relationship with attitudes toward environmental behaviors (0.66), subjective norm (0.53), and perceptual behavior control (0.52). The results of this study can provide a scientific basis for the planning and design of urban parks

China · Environmental education · Environmental health · Environmental resource management · Geography · Path analysis (statistics · Pedagogy · Perception · Population · Situational ethics · Tourism · Applied Psychology · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Green Space and Health · Ecology