Travelers’ perceptions of cultural, economic, and environmental impacts

• Draper, Jason ^[1] ; DeFranco, Agnes L. ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Houston

     University of Houston

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Tourism review international, ISSN 1544-2721, Vol. 29, Nº. 2, 2025, págs. 115-132
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • While there are ample studies examining the cultural, economic, and environmental impacts of tourism from the destinations’ perspective, such as residents’ attitudes, there is a dearth of research that examines how tourists’ own cultural, economic, and environmental experiences of tourism impact their travel decisions. In the current era where the world economy is experiencing a slow growth, and sustainability is an important issue, how travelers make their decisions presents new opportunities for research. Using the theory of case-based planning, this study examines if travelers’ perceptions of their own cultural, economic, and environmental travel experiences impact their decision to travel domestically and internationally. In addition, the lifting of travel restrictions is used as a moderator, while the leisure constraint theory serves as the backdrop in the use of household income and job security as travel constraints. The results indicate travelers understand their impact on destinations and want to experience other cultures and contribute to destinations’ economies. The only significant interaction between the three impact perceptions and travel since the lifting of travel restrictions is with environmental impacts for international travel. Although tourists are concerned about their environmental impacts when traveling, their concerns are more domestically, not internationally. Household income and job security also partially mediate all models. Important theoretical implications include examining perspectives of tourism impacts from travelers’ viewpoint and if job security is viewed as a travel constraint. As travelers want to experience other cultures and contribute to destinations’ economies, this provides destinations opportunities for target marketing and positively shape the travel experience for tourists.