Grilli, G, Tyllianakis, E, Luisetti, T et al. (2 more authors) (2021) Prospective tourist preferences for sustainable tourism development in Small Island Developing States. Tourism Management, 82. 104178. ISSN 0261-5177
Abstract
Tourism development is crucial for economic growth in Small Island Developing States, but its management involves trade-offs between ecosystem services and social and cultural identities. This paper aims to contribute to the debate around the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through an investigation of the sustainable management of tourism and coastal ecosystem services. The paper presents a choice experiment and latent factor analysis to disentangle relevant aspects of sustainable tourism in Small Island Developing States for potential visitors. Willingness to pay is reported for the different factors revealing preferences variability for previous and prospective visitors. Pro-environmental attitudes influence individual tastes and policy makers should consider these traits in order to attract visitors and private funding. Our findings show that prospective tourists are interested in the wider aspects of the tourism experience which in turn require the careful management of social and environmental resources in Small Island Developing States.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of an article published in Tourism Management. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Sustainable tourism; Small islands developing states; Latent factor analysis; Choice experiment; Ecosystem services |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) > Earth Surface Science Institute (ESSI) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jul 2020 15:23 |
Last Modified: | 08 Jul 2022 01:03 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104178 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:163864 |