← Resources Library | Light pollution & sustainability
A survey of 366 residents in a rural Portuguese tourism destination (Rodrigues & Loureiro, Tourism Planning & Development, 2024) with a counter-intuitive result: tourism is not by itself a sufficient incentive for people to take individual measures against light pollution (β = 0.075, p = 0.243). However, residents do believe that integrating tourism with light-pollution mitigation at community level would improve the visitor experience (β = 0.427, p = 0.000). The practical conclusion is that destinations must invest in environmental education, not just in marketing.
Where to go deeper
- Journal article — DOI 10.1080/21568316.2024.2332243 (Tourism Planning & Development)
- Repository record with abstract — Universidade de Évora
CANSTAR provides this page for information and orientation only. All rights belong to the authors, publishers and institutions referenced above; links point to their official pages, where you can consult or obtain the material under their own terms.