SUSTAINABLE URBAN TOURISM: TOURIST PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOURS IN BANDUNG
Bandung has been proactively campaigning to become sustainable city. Various policies and the provision of environmentally friendly infrastructure has evolved. Bandung as a tourist destination, has number of tourists that increase every year, especially during weekends, public holidays and school...
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| Institution: | Institut Teknologi Bandung |
| Language: | Indonesia |
| Summary: | Bandung has been proactively campaigning to become sustainable city. Various
policies and the provision of environmentally friendly infrastructure has evolved.
Bandung as a tourist destination, has number of tourists that increase every year,
especially during weekends, public holidays and school vacation period. Some of
the impacts that indicating the decline of environmental quality emerged as a result
of the tourism activities, therefore, the behaviours of Bandung tourists is need to be
known, mainly related to pro-environmental behaviours.
This study aims to determine pro-environmental behaviours of tourists visiting in
Bandung and its determining factors of such behaviour in order to support the
development of Bandung as a sustainable urban tourism destinations. Proenvironmental
behaviours of tourists visiting in Bandung can be seen from the
comparison of behaviour when at origin and the behaviour when traveling. The
distinction of behaviours can arise because a person feel more morally obligated
in their own environment, or it could be due to the destinations may not provide an
infrastructure that supports pro-environmental behaviours. Therefore, it is
necessary to look at the factors that shape tourists pro-environmental behaviour.
This study is correlational research, which aims to analyze the relationship between
tourists pro-environmental behaviour with its constituent factors. This research is
using quantitative approach, with tourists visiting in Bandung used as a sample.
Non-probability with quota sampling technique are used to determine sampling.
The tools used to process and analyze the data using SPSS 13. Correlation, multiple
regression, and Chi Square are used as analysis technique.
The results of this study showed when traveled in Bandung, tourists proenvironmental
behaviour on recycling, transportation, energy use, and green
consumption has decreased compared to when at origin. The dominant factors that
forming the behaviour is habitual behaviour, availability of facilities, and a need to
take a break from environmental responsibility during travel.
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This study is expected to became a reference in tourism planning and for the
evaluation for the government, private sectors, tourism organizations and
communities based on tourists pro-environmental behaviours in Bandung, along
with factors that influence the behaviours, in order to provide practical
implications for understanding the constraints of sustainable urban tourism from
the supply or the demand side, and also to contribute for the development of
Bandung as a sustainable urban tourism destinations |
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