Abstract

Camiguin Province is the second smallest island province in the Philippines. Its environment is essential relative to other typical island destinations for its ecological diversity, numerous marine protected areas and wildlife endemicity and for harboring an ASEAN Heritage Park. The expansion of tourism on the island attracts a great number of tourists, thereby increasing the scope for potential forms of behavior as well as the range of potential environmental impact. This study focuses on understanding Camiguin tourists’ environmentally responsible behavior (ERB), particularly its determinants, namely, environmental attitude, knowledge and value, as well as the role of local stakeholders in influencing such behavior on an island tourism destination. Using a convergent mixed method approach, the study used survey samples comprising 303 tourists and 22 qualitative in-depth interviews of local stakeholders. Descriptive analysis showed that tourists have positive self-perceived environmental attitude, knowledge and value as well as ERB. Correlation analysis revealed that tourists’ environmental attitude, knowledge and value have significant effect on tourists’ ERB, with environmental attitude having the highest coefficient. Meanwhile, interviews with local stakeholders showed that tourists behave favorably toward the island’s environment and played a significant role in influencing tourists’ ERB. The study’s contribution to the existing literature provides a novel approach to examining ERB from the perspectives of the tourists and the different stakeholders on the island. Ultimately, the study’s findings have implications in developing strategies toward creating a favorable impact on the island’s environment.

摘要

甘米银省是菲律宾第二小的岛屿省。相对于其他典型的岛屿目的地，其环境对于其生态多样性，众多的海洋保护区和野生动植物的流行以及拥有东盟传统公园而言至关重要。岛上旅游业的扩展吸引了大量游客，从而扩大了潜在行为形式的范围以及对环境的潜在影响范围。这项研究的重点是了解甘米银游客的环境责任行为（ERB），尤其是其决定因素，即环境态度，知识和价值，以及当地利益相关者在影响海岛旅游目的地这种行为方面的作用。使用收敛的混合方法 该研究使用的调查样本包括303名游客和22名当地利益相关者的定性深入访谈。描述性分析表明，游客具有积极的自我感知的环境态度，知识和价值以及ERB。相关分析表明，游客的环境态度，知识和价值对游客的ERB有显着影响，其中环境态度系数最高。同时，对当地利益相关者的采访表明，游客对岛上的环境表现良好，并在影响游客的ERB方面发挥了重要作用。该研究对现有文献的贡献为从游客和岛上不同利益相关者的角度研究ERB提供了一种新颖的方法。最终，