Holiday travel discourses and climate change

Dickinson, Janet; Robbins, Derek; Lumsdon, Les

doi:10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2010.01.006

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“…This limited potential is because, as Dickinson, Robbins and Lumsdon (2010) argue, tourists feel they can compensate for their environmental impact by offsetting their impact through good environmental behaviours and practices elsewhere. Water is therefore a problem issue especially in environments where it is both in short supply in the peak tourist season, and additional pressure is posed by peaked use.…”

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Tourist attitudes towards water use in the developing world: A comparative analysis

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Essex

Čaušević

2014

Tourism Management Perspectives

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2 Highlights Water use amongst tourists visiting developing countries is review in The DominicanRepublic, Zanzibar and the Gambia 2. The green at home-not on holiday proposition is evaluated through water consumption 3. Issues of water inequality are examined to demonstrate the need to adjust tourist attitudes and behaviour where water use cannot easily be offset 3 Key words: water use; comparative analysis; developing countries; tourists' attitudes; TOURIST ATTITUDES TOWARDS WATER USE IN THE DEVELOPINGtourists' behaviors INTRODUCTIONThis paper examines the interconnections between water use by tourists and their awareness and behaviour towards problems facing destinations in the developing world in terms of water scarcity and access to drinking water. The paper is based on a comparative analysis of tourist attitudes towards water consumption and sustainability in both their home environment and whilst on holiday, focusing on the growing research agenda associated with water equity (Whitely, Ingram & Perry, 2008). As Hadjikakou, Chenoweth & Miller (2013) argue, there has been an oscillating interest in water issues in the wider sustainability debates due to the focus on carbon reduction and energy issues. Water equity refers to the UN's right to water and sanitation and, in the context of tourism, is considered as "Development that does not infringe upon or take precedence over the right to water of communities in destinations for essential personal, domestic and livelihood needs" (Tourism Concern, 2012: 5). 4The principle is unambiguous in ensuring access to water for communities alongside the operation of tourism, and reflects the growing application of wider social science areas of research structured around social equity in local communities and sustainability (Cole & Morgan 2011;Cole 2012). Water equity also connects with many wider issues of tourism and development, notably the debate over how western tourism interests exploit the developing world, as highlighted by Britton (1982Britton ( , 1991. This political economy approach acts as a means to understand, theorise and rationalise the tourism economies built around mass coastal tourism in fragile and vulnerable coastal tourism communities, particularly in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (UNWTO 2012). Whilst it is not the purpose of this paper to adopt a political economy perspective, it is an important context to recognise as it also has a clear bearing on many of the debates associated with tourism and sustainability, especially in relation to the control of resources, access to these resources by local communities and their use by resource-intensive tourism interests (i.e. businesses and entrepreneurs).Although the issue of water consumption is not new within environmental management and tourism research, developing a comparative analysis to the issue across multiple destinations is a novel methodology to advance knowledge beyond single case studies. This paper focuses on research into tourists' attitudes to water equity in three developing c...

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Section: Resultsmentioning

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Tourist attitudes towards water use in the developing world: A comparative analysis

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2014

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“…Dickinson et al, 2010;Hares et al, 2010), although a few studies have utilised quantitative techniques (Department for Transport, 2010). This research is based on a large quantitative survey of over 600 air travellers, conducted at Liverpool John Lennon Airport between April and July 2010.…”

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“…The difference in consumers' attitudes towards environmental issues between physical products and travel services, in particular, highlights the need for separate, more in-depth research in this field. Dickinson et al (2010) suggest that some air travellers claim environmental behaviour in other areas of life to justify the use of air travel when going on holidays.…”

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Passenger perceptions of the green image associated with airlines

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Gillingwater

2012

Journal of Transport Geography

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Environmental issues in air transport have grown in importance in recent years, and in response some airlines have been proactive to demonstrate their 'green' credentials. The aim of this paper is to identify air traveller perceptions of different airlines with regard to green image, and how passengers perceive different measures that airlines can introduce to reduce their environmental impact. The research is based on a large quantitative survey, of over 600 air travellers, conducted at Liverpool John Lennon Airport between April and July 2010. The data in this papers stems from a range of attitudinal statements on airlines, and measures that airlines could adopt to improve their environmental performance.When presented with a list of airlines, about half of respondents were able to differentiate between airlines based on environmental friendliness. The results show that low-cost airlines in general are not seen as more or less environmentally friendly than full service network airlines. Yet air travellers do indicate differences in the environmental image based on individual airlines. Furthermore, results vary depending on whether passengers had flown previously with a particular airline. Passengers also differentiate between measures that airlines can adopt to reduce the environmental impact of aviation. Using newer aircraft is seen as the most effective way to address the issue.

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“…Studies within the sociology of consumption, particularly those using social practices theory, have analyzed the understanding of climate change and how practice is structured by society (Dickinson, Robbins & Lumsdon, 2010;Miller et al, 2010;Randles & Mander, 2009). Social practice theory moves away from the individual unit of analysis, that is the focus of attitude and behavior studies, to focus on activity patterns that are shared by groups of people and become routinized in everyday life (Spaargaren & van Vliet, 2000).…”

Section: Climate Change and Tourismmentioning

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Travel, tourism, climate change, and behavioral change: travelers’ perspectives from a developing country, Nigeria

Dillimono

Dickinson²

2014

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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(2015) Travel, tourism, climate change, and behavioral change: travelers' perspectives from a developing country, Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 23(3), 437-454.Travel, tourism, climate change and behavioral change: travelers' perspectives from a developing country, Nigeria Abstract While studies have examined people's understanding of climate change and its relationship to tourism, these focus largely on developed country populations. Much future tourism growth will come from developing countries following economic development, often countries where climate change will be strongly felt. Do tourists from developing countries have the same knowledge gaps about travel, tourism and climate change as in the developed world? Will behavioral change policies be successful in encouraging more environmentally friendly approaches to climate change and tourism in developing countries? This paper presents findings from 20 in-depth interviews with active Nigerian tourists, analyzing their understanding of climate change, the links known, or not, between their travel and climate change, and their willingness to change their tourism patterns. Understanding of climate change was limited and there was conceptual confusion. Participants did not view their own travel as a cause of climate change and many were embedded in air travel practice. Participants were unwilling to change their tourism patterns to reduce their contribution to climate change. Significant structural barriers limit low carbon tourism travel in Nigeria (and other developing countries), including reliability, availability, safety and speed. Behavioral change will be difficult to achieve.

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Holiday travel discourses and climate change

Cited by 105 publications

References 29 publications

Tourist attitudes towards water use in the developing world: A comparative analysis

Tourist attitudes towards water use in the developing world: A comparative analysis

Passenger perceptions of the green image associated with airlines

Travel, tourism, climate change, and behavioral change: travelers’ perspectives from a developing country, Nigeria

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