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Modeling tourists’ pro-environmental behavior: a combination of the value-belief-norm theory and environmental identity theory

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  • Yunmeng He
  • Feifei Xu
  • Lijun Wang
  • Hoaidan Nguyen

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Tourists’ pro-environmental behavior is critical in achieving sustainable tourism. This article examined the driving mechanism of tourists’ pro-environmental behavior based on the Value-Belief-Norm and Environmental Identity theory, and: (1) An integrated model was established in both Chinese and Vietnamese tourists, and passed the multiple-group SEM analysis; (2) Environmental values, awareness of consequences, environmental self-identity, and moral norms were important influencing factors of tourists’ pro-environmental behavior: Environmental values were basics, which indirectly affected tourists’ behavior through awareness of consequences, environmental self-identity, and moral norms; Moral norms were the most direct factors that stimulate pro-environmental behavior; Environmental self-identity, awareness of consequences, and moral norms were mediating variables, which played intermediary roles between environmental values and pro-environmental behavior; (3) Differences between groups were also identified: There was no significant difference except for “environmental values→awareness of consequences”, but there were significant differences in the mean score for “environmental values”, “awareness of consequences”, “moral norms” and “public transport behavior”. Implications are made accordingly.

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  • Yunmeng He & Feifei Xu & Lijun Wang & Hoaidan Nguyen, 2024. "Modeling tourists’ pro-environmental behavior: a combination of the value-belief-norm theory and environmental identity theory," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(14), pages 3694-3717, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:67:y:2024:i:14:p:3694-3717
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2023.2232944
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