PhD in Tourism Management
PhD in Tourism Management
PUBLICATIONS
Place-Related Concepts and Pro-Environmental Behavior in Tourism Research: A Conceptual Framework
Hoai Nam Dang, Oswin Maurer
The negative impacts of tourism development are increasing environmental problems related to the destruction of the global environment, calling on scholars and practitioners to look more at the relationship between people and place. In this concern, place attachment has attracted wide interest, especially from environmental psychologists, to investigate this relationship. This paper presents different approaches to analyze place attachment and related concepts to determine pro-environmental behavior in tourism consumption. It identifies critical gaps in the literature and extends existing theoretical frameworks by considering additional factors, and the entire process from input (participation), through mediations (attachment, meanings, satisfaction) to output (behavior). It reviews the definition of place attachment and essential place-related concepts and outlines why the suggested framework is necessary to extend the current body of research in people–place relationships. It also broadly evaluates current scales and measurement models of constructs included and the structural model of this framework, thereby making recommendations relevant for subsequent empirical research. Finally, contributions to theory, limitations, and suggestions are discussed.
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Tangible strategies for pro-environmental behaviours through monitoring park visitors’ activities and perceived values
Hoai Nam Dang, Haywantee Ramkissoon, Matthias Fuchs, Veglio Valerio
Place attachment and other place-related concepts are typically utilised to explain park visitors’ pro-environmental behaviours in nature-based tourism. However, these concepts mostly pertain to unobservable psychological aspects, restricting their practical application for park management. To rectify this shortcoming, our study suggests the inclusion of two antecedent factors activity participation and place value. These factors could provide more quantifiable interventions by monitoring park visitors’ activities and the values they perceive during their visits. Accordingly, we offer a unique application by incorporating these factors in existing attachment-behaviour frameworks and empirically validating this extended model in a cross-country research setting. Analyses use PLS-SEM to evaluate the model and to independently test 11 hypotheses across two data sets among domestic park visitors in natural and national parks in Italy and Vietnam. The partially successful validation of the proposed model in a multi-country setting supports its applicability in future studies. The study contributes theoretically by exploring a serial sequence, i.e. behaviour – attitude – behaviour, instead of typical singular aspects between attitude – behaviour or behaviour – attitude. Finally, it recommends tangible strategies for pro-environmental behaviours beyond place attachment, focusing on promoting participation in nature-based tourism activities and effectively communicating the place's values to park visitors.
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WORKING IN PROGRESS
From Silver Screen to Heart: How Movies Shape Emotions and Foster Pre-Trip Place Attachment to Unvisited Destinations (PhD track, 3rd round under review in Tourism Management)
Hoai Nam Dang, Linda Osti, Maria Lexhagen
The tourism development of Son Tra Nature Reserve in Da Nang, Vietnam: A media discourse analysis
Hoai Nam Dang, Linh L D Pham, Anita Eves
Promote the synergistic growth of rural tourism and the OCOP program in Vietnam
Linh L D Pham, Hoai Nam Dang
Unveiling the Influence of Time-Spent Indicators on Place Attachment: Insights from Visitors to Nature Parks in South Tyrol, Italy
Hoai Nam Dang, Matthias Fuchs
Nature guides – A path toward environmental sustainability in the Swedish outdoors
Olga Milinchuk, Peter Fredman, Hoai Nam Dang
Sustainable Tourism and Entrepreneurship in Coastal and Marine Areas (Crafoordska funding application)
Gustav Hägg, Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen, Hoai Nam Dang
Assessing Learning Experiences and Self-Directed Motivation in Blended Learning (Collaborate with FPT Polytechnic International Da Nang)
Long Thanh Nguyen, Diem Tran Hong Pham, Nhu Thuy Do, Hoai Nam Dang