Producción + Limpia
ISSN 1909-0455
DAZA-RIOS, Cindy Tatiana BAUTISTA-NINO, Paula Katherine. Environmental Attitudes of Residents in Santander, Colombia, a Journey Towards Sustainable Development, Promoted from the Tourism Sector. []. , 17, 1, pp.136-147. 28--2023. ISSN 1909-0455. https://doi.org/10.22507/pml.v17n1a8.
Introduction:
Pro-environmental attitudes have been associated with pro-environmental behaviors, these behaviors are necessary to promote the care of natural capital and contribute to sustainable tourism.
Objective:
diagnose the environmental attitudes of residents in Santander, Colombia; in order to generate knowledge, which allows the design of strategies from the tourism sector, the above considering residents as a fundamental interested party for the sector; due to the impact of their behaviors on the natural capital that is necessary to be able to develop tourist activities.
Materials and Methods:
to collect information on environmental attitudes, the New Ecological Paradigm questionnaire, Spanish version, modified by Dr. Emilio Moyano with prior authorization, was used.
Results:
the results found show a conciliatory vision between development and care for the environment.
Conclusions:
finally, the X2 test was used for data analysis, the results showed that in the sample studied there is no relationship between being male or female and environmental attitudes.
: environmental attitudes; sustainable tourism; anthropocentrism; ecocentrism, environmental behaviors.