Promoting vs. protecting: where should the money from tourists visiting my city go? The effect of environmental attitude
Overtourism is causing many problems in the world’s most popular destinations. As a result, many of these cities are opting to impose a series of taxes on tourists who visit these destinations, the so-called green taxes, in an attempt to reverse some of the problems caused by tourist activity. Howev...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Jaén |
| Repositorio: | RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/3526 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14724049.2024.2333887 https://hdl.handle.net/10953/3526 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Green taxes sustainable tourism green destinations environmental behaviour fsQCA |
| Sumario: | Overtourism is causing many problems in the world’s most popular destinations. As a result, many of these cities are opting to impose a series of taxes on tourists who visit these destinations, the so-called green taxes, in an attempt to reverse some of the problems caused by tourist activity. However, these taxes can be used both to protect the destination and to promote it, aggravating the problem they were originally intended to solve. Thus, this research aims to find out the residents’ opinions, taking into account variables related to their environmental perception, on how these taxes should be used. To this end, a sample of 120 residents was taken and, through the Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) models, and the fuzzy-set (fsQCA) method, which identify the causal relationships that explain a specific reality (whether tourists have to pay fees) given a set of conditions (environmental attitude, the use of these fees for promotion or protection), different results were obtained. Specifically, environmental self-identity or activism shapes opinions about where these green taxes should go. This can help to educate society on the correct use of these taxes as well as the management of the destinations themselves. |
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