Abstract
This study investigates differences in tourists' conservation commitment at developed and developing heritage sites. It examines relationships between conservation commitment and related concepts: cultural motivation, place attachment, and participation. Data was collected from two troglodyte heritage sites: Kandovan, Iran (developing) and Cappadocia, Turkey (developed). Five hundred eighteen survey responses were collected at Kandovan and 627 at Cappadocia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling was employed to perform analysis. Multigroup analysis findings indicate that direct relationships among conservation commitment, cultural motivation, place attachment, and participation were significantly higher in the developing context; encouraging industry managers to use participative feedback to stimulate conservation commitment.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 323-336 |
| Pages (from-to) | 323-336 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | International Journal of Tourism Research |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 25 Nov 2021 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Mar 2022 |
Keywords
- cultural motivation
- place attachment
- participation
- conservation commitment
- developed and developing heritage sites
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geography, Planning and Development
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Transportation
- Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Access to Document
- Author accepted manuscript
"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Cordina, R., Gannon, M., Taheri, B., Lochrie, S., & Okumus, F. (2021). Committed to conservation: Tourism in developed and developing contexts. International Journal of Tourism Research. https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2504, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.2504. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited."