Mihalič Tanja
Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
J Travel Res. 2013 Sep;52(5):614-630. doi: 10.1177/0047287513478505. Epub 2013 Feb 27.
Despite the apparent importance of destinations' environmental resources, there appears to be little theoretical and applied research explicitly focusing on destination environmental supply. This research attempts to address this gap in the literature. First, it reviews and evaluates the body of research in tourism environmental resources and proposes a conceptual model to test their performance. The model combines tourism supply-demand view with importance-performance gaps and was used to survey tourism in Slovenia. The results show that the studied destination uses its environmental resources too extensively and that Slovenian environmental tourism experience does not meet visitors' expectations. This finding challenges Slovenian policy makers, who position Slovenia as a green destination. The proposed model can form the basis for further conceptual and empirical research into the tourism contributions of environmental resources. In its present form, it can be used to examine environmental performance and to suggest policy implications for any destination.
尽管目的地的环境资源看似重要，但明确聚焦于目的地环境供给的理论和应用研究似乎很少。本研究试图填补这一文献空白。首先，它回顾并评估了旅游环境资源方面的研究主体，并提出了一个概念模型来测试其表现。该模型将旅游供需观点与重要性-表现差距相结合，并用于对斯洛文尼亚的旅游业进行调查。结果表明，所研究的目的地对其环境资源利用过度，且斯洛文尼亚的环境旅游体验未达游客期望。这一发现给将斯洛文尼亚定位为绿色目的地的政策制定者带来了挑战。所提出的模型可为进一步开展关于环境资源对旅游业贡献的概念和实证研究奠定基础。以其目前的形式，它可用于考察环境表现，并为任何目的地提出政策建议。
