SUSTAINABLE URBAN TOURISM: TOURIST PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOURS IN BANDUNG

• Main Author: Farag, As'ad
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Subjects: Perencanaan wilayah
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/44615
• Institution: Institut Teknologi 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 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. iv 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