TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of physical environment and green natural environment of pet-accompanying tourism sites in generating pet owners’ life satisfaction
AU - Quan, Wei
AU - Kim, Seongseop
AU - Baah, Nancy Grace
AU - Jung, Heekyoung
AU - Han, Heesup
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) under the metaverse support program to nurture the best talents (IITP-2023-RS-2023-00254529) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT)”.
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PY - 2023/9/10
Y1 - 2023/9/10
N2 - This study investigated pet owners’ assessments of the physical environments of tourism attractions relating to pet tourism, and their consequences, which influence experiential satisfaction, pet attachment, well-being, and life satisfaction. A mixed method approach was used. The physical and green environments of pet-accompanying tourism, experiential satisfaction, pet attachment, and hedonic well-being sufficiently explained owners’ life satisfaction generation process. Life stress played a moderating role. Our findings help pet-industry practitioners understand the services that address the physical and psychological needs of pet owners who vacation with their pets and will be seminal in the development of theories of future pet tourism.
AB - This study investigated pet owners’ assessments of the physical environments of tourism attractions relating to pet tourism, and their consequences, which influence experiential satisfaction, pet attachment, well-being, and life satisfaction. A mixed method approach was used. The physical and green environments of pet-accompanying tourism, experiential satisfaction, pet attachment, and hedonic well-being sufficiently explained owners’ life satisfaction generation process. Life stress played a moderating role. Our findings help pet-industry practitioners understand the services that address the physical and psychological needs of pet owners who vacation with their pets and will be seminal in the development of theories of future pet tourism.
KW - green natural environment
KW - pet attachment
KW - Pet-accompanying tourism
KW - physical environment
KW - well-being, life stress
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U2 - 10.1080/10548408.2023.2255890
DO - 10.1080/10548408.2023.2255890
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85170549634
SN - 1054-8408
VL - 40
SP - 399
EP - 415
JO - Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing
JF - Journal of Travel and Tourism Marketing
IS - 5
ER -