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Author : Sara Dolnicar & Ljubica Knezevic Cvelbar & Bettina Grun
School/Work Place : The University of Queensland | The University of Ljubljana | Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
Contact : s.dolnicar@uq.edu.au
Year : 2017

Tourism is the fourth largest economic contributor globally and outperforms the growth of the world economy (United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2013). But tourism growth comes at a cost. Not surprisingly, therefore, tourism is the fifth largest polluting industry (UNWTO and UNEP, 2008). Governments could impose regulations to ensure environmental sustainability of their tourism industry. However, the potential of limiting tourism revenue through such regulations acts as a strong disincentive. Businesses operating in the tourism industry could also self-regulate to ensure the implementation of environmentally sustainable practices. Yet, the cost typically associated with making tourism businesses more environmentally friendly acts as a substantial disincentive to the adoption of environmentally sustainable operations (Berry & Ladkin, 1997; Knowles, Macmillan, Palmer, Grabowski & Hashimoto, 1999). Given the reluctance of governments and tourism businesses to adopt environmentally sustainable practices, alternative approaches need to be identified, tested and – if shown to be promising – pursued. One such alternative approach is to induce voluntary behavioural change in tourists. But changing human behaviour – while theoretically attractive – “is an ongoing challenge in psychology, economics, and consumer behaviour research” (Baca-Motes, Brown, Gneezy, Keenan & Nelson, 2013, p. 1070). In fact, many decades of research into sustainable tourism have produced only few tangible measures proven to increase the environmental sustainability of tourist behaviour. This is despite the fact that – in the home context – a range of interventions have been shown to be effective in changing behaviours (e.g. Kua & Wong, 2012; Schultz, 1999).


Dolnicar, Cvelbar & Grun, Making hotel guests voluntarily waive daily room cleaning.pdf



List of Articles
No. Subject Views Datesort
7 Think Tank XVII Lack of transparency - a barrier for the diffusion of ... file 533 Aug 17, 2017

Throughout the last two decades, the tourism industry has changed due to the revolutionary development in the realm of information and communication technologies (ICT) (Amaro & Duate, 2013; Law et al., 2004; Minghetti & Buhalis, 2010...

Author: Sven-Olaf Gerdt, Elisa Wagner & Gerhard Schewe 

Year: 2017 

6 Think Tank XVII The Role of Tour guide for Sustainable Tourism with th... file 4141 Aug 17, 2017

The emergence of information technology has a profound impact on tourism industry. Today, visitors are more inclined to have searched the Internet to gain more pre-tour knowledge for the destinations than before. The advances of the various ...

Author: Daisy Suk-fong FUNG 

Year: 2017 

5 Think Tank XVII Managing open rock art sites for tourism, in the centr... file 1057 Aug 17, 2017

Rock art is found across the world and is a unique heritage which is divided into three main categories; rock paintings (pictographs), rock engravings, (petroglyphs), and geoglyphs (natural objects used as designs) (Anati, 1993; Clottes, 199...

Author: Claire Louisa Fordred & Kevin Mearns 

Year: 2017 

4 Think Tank XVII Investigating the impact of climate change on the tour... file 2072 Aug 17, 2017

The tourism sector is vital for the development of small island developing states. However, climate change can negatively impact on tourism demand and affect these economies both on the economic and social level. The purpose of this study is...

Author: Sheereen Fauzel, Boopen Seetanah, Robin Sannassee & Robin Nunkoo 

Year: 2017 

3 Think Tank XVII Investigating the relationship between FDI and Tourism... file 1233 Aug 17, 2017

This paper employs a dynamic time series econometrics framework, namely a vector error correction model (VECM), to investigate the link between foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourist arrivals in Mauritius for the period 1980-2015. The r...

Author: Sheereen Fauzel, & Boopen Seetanah 

Year: 2017 

» Think Tank XVII Making hotel guests voluntarily waive daily room cleaning file 1021 Aug 17, 2017

Tourism is the fourth largest economic contributor globally and outperforms the growth of the world economy (United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO), 2013). But tourism growth comes at a cost. Not surprisingly, therefore, tourism i...

Author: Sara Dolnicar & Ljubica Knezevic Cvelbar & Bettina Grun 

Year: 2017 

1 Think Tank XVII Responsible tourism and innovation practices by touris... file 1407 Aug 17, 2017

Responsible tourism incorporates economic, environmental and social imperatives in accordance with ‘sustainable tourism’ notions (Booyens & Rogerson, 2016a). This research argues that tourism firms need to innovate in order to be economi...

Author: Irma Booyens and Christian M. Rogerson 

Year: 2017 

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