Who is Saving Whom? Equifinal Paths to a Meaningful Experience Design through Marine Watching Tours

dc.contributor.advisorÖztüren, Ali
dc.contributor.authorAkhshik, Arash
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-21T06:40:43Z
dc.date.available2022-04-21T06:40:43Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.date.submitted2020-08
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Tourismen_US
dc.descriptionDoctor of Philosophy in Tourism Management. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Thesis (Ph.D.) - Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Tourism, 2020. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ali Öztüren.en_US
dc.description.abstractMarine protected areas are luring grounds for visitors who are willing to watch endangered species before they disappear forever. Hereafter, strategies to tackle the challenges of sustaining these fragile areas in one hand, and managing visitors in another are eminent. In this regard, visitor’s deportment that benefit self and visiting areas are notably well-researched. Yet, the conventional studies in the tourism-environmental domain often take a reductionist approach towards the complex issue of human behaviour that is criticized for its shortcomings. Therefore, to fill this gap, this dissertation develops and tests a theoretical model, drawing on the complexity theory and emerging concepts, i.e. dualistic-passion paradigm, and mindfulness notion, to predict the potential source of pro-environmental behaviour. The results indicate the complexity of the antecedents forming pro-environmental behaviour and the existence of contrarian cases that runs counter to the main effect in linear approaches. Therefore, following Fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) of a sample from visitors to marine turtles in Cyprus, the study found seven unique causal recipes that lead to a high level of pro-environmental behaviour. Moreover, the study found 2 recipes that lead to low level of pro-environmental behaviour. Following predictive validity of the configural model, implications for theory and practice are presented. Further, guidelines for future research and limitations are discussed. Keywords: Pro-environmental Behaviour, Mindfulness, Passion, fsQCA, Marine Turtles, North Cyprusen_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ: Turizm-çevre ilişkisini inceleyen geleneksel çalışmalar, karmaşık insan davranışı sorununa genellikle indirgemeci bir yaklaşım benimsemesi dolayısı ile eleştirilmektedir. Bu nedenle, bu tez, çevre yanlısı davranışın potansiyel kaynağını tahmin etmek için karmaşıklık teorisi, dualistik tutku paradigması ve farkındalık gibi yeni kavramlardan yararlanarak teorik bir model geliştirmiş ve test etmiştir. Kıbrıs'ta deniz kaplumbağalarına gelen ziyaretçilerden oluşan bir örneklem ile Bulanık küme Nitel Karşılaştırmalı Analiz (fsQCA) yöntemi kullanılarak, yüksek düzeyde çevre yanlısı davranışlara yol açan yedi özgün nedensel tarif ortaya çıkarılmıştır. Tezin sonunda, uygulama için çıkarımlar ve daha fazla araştırma için öneriler verilmektedir. Anahtar Kelimeler: Çevre Yanlısı Davranış, Farkındalık, Tutku, fsQCA; Deniz Kaplumbağaları, Kuzey Kıbrısen_US
dc.identifier.citationAkhshik, Arash. (2020). Who is Saving Whom? Equifinal Paths to a Meaningful Experience Design through Marine Watching Tours. Thesis (Ph.D.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Tourism, Famagusta: North Cyprus.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/5367
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectTourismen_US
dc.subjectTourism--Sustainable Tourism--Environmental Protectionen_US
dc.subjectPro-environmental Behaviouren_US
dc.subjectMindfulnessen_US
dc.subjectPassionen_US
dc.subjectfsQCAen_US
dc.subjectMarine Turtlesen_US
dc.subjectNorth Cyprusen_US
dc.titleWho is Saving Whom? Equifinal Paths to a Meaningful Experience Design through Marine Watching Toursen_US
dc.typeDoctoral Thesis

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