Responsible tourism in Bangkok, Thailand: Resident perceptions of Chinese tourist behaviour

Abstract

This study uses mixed methods to assess resident views of Chinese tourist behaviour in the world's, and China's, most travelled to destination: Bangkok, Thailand. Analysis of 10 semistructured interviews informed the creation of a responsible tourism framework and subsequent survey administered to residents at three scenic spots in the city. Multiple linear regression tested three responsible tourism indices in predicting whether residents considered Chinese tourist behaviour to be responsible overall. Findings highlight environmentally ethical behaviour as a key component of responsible tourist action, providing theoretical insights into what comprises responsible tourism and presenting implications for behaviour-based analyses of destination sustainability.

Wildlife Conservation through Economically Responsible Ecotourist: The Mediator Roles of Attitude between Anticipated Emotion and Intention to Stay in Local Homestays

“…Previous studies involving wildlife conservation through ecotourism highlighted conservation learning that focused on captive wildlife, such as in zoos or aquariums [25][26][27][28], and conservation interpretation [29][30][31][32][33][34]. According to Myers [35], tourists are agents in wildlife conservation. They are responsible people who care about maintaining and protecting wildlife [20,21].…”

The Industry-Academia Gap in Responsible Tourism Management: An Automated Content Analysis

“…It can be relating to all forms of tourism, which are designed to promote business opportunities while taking into consideration the residents, environment, and natural resources of a given area (Spenceley et al, 2002). Furthermore, RT can be regarded as a form of sustainable activity that involves practices to alleviate the negative impacts of conventional tourism on destinations (Gong, Detchkhajornjaroensri, & Knight, 2019). Therefore, the overall promise of RT revolves around creating meaningful destinations that both residents and tourists can share and benefit from (Goodwin, 2011).…”

Sustainability Perceptions in Tourism and Hospitality: A Mixed-Method Bibliometric Approach

“…Regarding residents' sustainability perceptions, articles focus on how residents perceive tourism as a tool for territorial and economic development (generating jobs, improving destinations' facilities and resources, creating new businesses, and attracting investment [40,51,52]), environmental improvements (in natural resources and biodiversity protection), and sociocultural benefits (increasing the offer of sociocultural activities and improving facilities [51]). However, they also perceive possible negative effects of tourism-increased pollution, air and water contamination, noise pollution, and impacts on material and immaterial cultural resources [40,[53][54][55][56]. In this vein, studies point out the need for better management by the destinations [52,[57][58][59].…”

“…Within this group of perceptions, articles also discuss the importance of enabling job creation and new business opportunities [51]. However, some articles warn of the negative impacts caused by irresponsible tourist behavior, focusing on vandalism and pollution [55]. There is also a group of articles that highlight the perceptions of residents on the management of solid waste and the establishment of environmental protection bodies [51,55,59,60].…”

“…However, some articles warn of the negative impacts caused by irresponsible tourist behavior, focusing on vandalism and pollution [55]. There is also a group of articles that highlight the perceptions of residents on the management of solid waste and the establishment of environmental protection bodies [51,55,59,60]. Finally, some articles [52] also advocate cooperation as a means of achieving sustainability.…”