Environmental Education and Environmentally Responsible Behavior: The Case of International Tourists in Accra Hotels

• 영문명: Environmental Education and Environmentally Responsible Behavior: The Case of International Tourists in Accra Hotels
• 발행기관: 한국관광학회
• 저자명: Ishmael Mensah
• 간행물 정보: 『International Journal of Tourism Science』Vol.12 No.3, 69~89쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 관광학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2012.12.31

영문 초록

The success of environmental programs in hotels hinges on the environmentally responsible behavior of guests. In spite of this, the hotel guest has remained peripheral to environmental management programs and initiatives in hotels. This paper therefore examines the environmentally responsible behavior of international tourists in hotels in Accra and whether environmental education by the hotels and gender of tourists have any relationship with environmentally responsible behavior. A sample of 343 international tourists was surveyed at major tourist attraction sites in Accra. The results of the study indicates that about three-quarters of respondents were neither informed about the environmental programs being undertaken by their hotels nor educated on environmentally responsible behavior. Also, women reported greater environmentally responsible behavior than men. Hotels in Accra should therefore step up environmental education especially through travel intermediaries and use women as change agents for inculcating environmentally responsible behavior.

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Environmental education Environmentally responsible behavior Gender Tourist Hotel