Ecotourism through the perception of forest villagers: understanding via mediator effects using structural equation modeling

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dc.authoridGültekin, Yaşar Selman/0000-0003-0325-4527
dc.authorwosidGültekin, Yaşar/GRX-4075-2022
dc.contributor.authorGültekin, Yaşar Selman
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-26T11:50:02Z
dc.date.available2023-07-26T11:50:02Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentDÜ, Orman Fakültesi, Orman Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractEcotourism activities play an important role in providing economic gain to villagers living in forest ecosystems. Successful sustainable forest management is made possible through the environmental responsibility of the stakeholders and the support of the local inhabitants of the region. Contemporary studies conducted in ecotourism have focused on meeting regional expectations by assessing the satisfaction levels and attitudes of tourists and evaluating hotel management services, but have excluded the perspective of the rural people in the region. Using causal models and mediation effects, this study attempted to explore the attitudes of forest villagers, as the most important interest group, toward ecotourism activities in Turkey. Structural equation modeling and bootstrap methods were applied to identify key concepts related to ecotourism including the mediation effects between income opportunities and ecotourism satisfaction as perceived by the forest villagers regarding perceived negative effects and insufficient services. According to the results of the research, it was determined that, despite the perceived negative effects of ecotourism activities by the forest villagers, income opportunities made a strong positive contribution to their perceived ecotourism satisfaction. Study results offer significant implications for policymakers and ecotourism planners for decreasing pressure on forest ecosystems through participatory forest management approaches to sustainable development in rural areas associated with forest ecosystems.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11356-022-20882-y
dc.identifier.endpage70908en_US
dc.identifier.issn0944-1344
dc.identifier.issn1614-7499
dc.identifier.issue47en_US
dc.identifier.pmid35585457en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85130219851en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1en_US
dc.identifier.startpage70899en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20882-y
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12684/12211
dc.identifier.volume29en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000797318500009en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.institutionauthorGültekin, Yaşar Selman
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelbergen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEnvironmental Science and Pollution Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.snmz$2023V1Guncelleme$en_US
dc.subjectEcosystem Services; Forest Villagers; Sustainable Rural Development; Structural Equation Modeling; Turkeyen_US
dc.subjectBlack-Sea Region; Environmental Sustainability; Perceived Value; Natural Park; Management; Community; Rolesen_US
dc.titleEcotourism through the perception of forest villagers: understanding via mediator effects using structural equation modelingen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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