Wind farm complexes have grown in popularity as a form of energy tourism, but to date there is a paucity of research that addresses tourist perceptions of wind farms as a form of special interest tourism (i.e. energy tourism). The scope of this study concentrated on determining and statistically profiling domestic tourists’ perceptions of wind farm complexes for energy tourism purposes. As such, this study applies grounded theory as a means of interpreting domestic tourist perceptions of their lived wind farm experiences. By means of a qualitative research design, the researchers discovered that domestic Chinese tourists found their wind farm experiences were typified by interests in sustainability energy, exposure to differing local cultures, the science surrounding wind turbine technology and personal enrichment associated with the sharing of wind farm experiences with family and friends. The primary implication of this study calls for the deployment of collaborative interagency policies which promote wind farming as part of the government's overall sustainable energy platform while also supporting energy tourism as a means of personal enrichment and a form of economic development.

Organizations that track energy development have noted that China continues to be the world leader in wind power generation. Given the country’s large geographical landmass, topographical elevations, coastlines, rapid industrial development, focus on green energy, and economic stimulation programs already in place this trend is a natural outcome. The rapid expansion of wind farming, both globally and within China, in combination with rising consumer intrigue with wind farms, increasing ecological preservation efforts, interest in ‘green’ tourist experiences, indicates a need to measure the predictive impact of environmental citizenship upon behavioral intent to engage in wind farm activities. Results of this study indicate that personal engagement in wind energy activities is predicted by enculturation of environmental beliefs, competence in ecological/environmentalism, and is accentuated by activism and engagement.

The enclosed population study evaluated administrator and instructor awareness and performance ratings concerning application of national standards specific to global citizenship curricula as set forth by Curaçao’s Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports. Two compelling outcomes were detected; first, teachers and principals reported similar observations relative to a) awareness and performance on standards; and second, significant statistical differences were detected concerning performance when the data were filtered by public versus private schools. The implication is that Curaçao’s primary school system is indeed administering the Ministry’s prescribed national standards within their primary schools; however, differential levels of performance are evident between public versus private schools which in turn provides evidence of underlying casual factors. Therefore, an overarching finding is that these disparate results between public and private schools relative to performance on global citizenship curricula portends pending social inequities in student knowledge and awareness of global citizenship principles.

It was originally thought that the newly revised tariff policy that was enacted in China would greatly reduce shopping-oriented tours and impact on tourists' choices of purchasing and spending behavior. The findings of this study indicate that this is not necessarily the case. It was discovered that for this group of Chinese outbound tourists the act of retail shopping was an integral part of their travel activities. This group of outbound travelers shopped for themselves, family, relatives, friends, and coworkers; sought to experience mutually rewarding shopping occasions; desired to build and maintain harmonious relationships; were driven by a strong desire to enhance social status (e.g., mianzi); sought to improve enjoyment of travel experiences; and displayed strong interests in destination cultural activities that entailed immersion in cultural events and local-centric shopping. The implications of this focused study are twofold: first, outbound travel patterns resulting from China's revised tariff policy are discussed from the perspective of destination marketers; and second, attractors and benefits of outbound travel are discussed from the resident and governmental perspectives.

Hospitality and tourism firms are central actors in sustainable tourism transitions because their operations are resource intensive and highly visible to consumers and local communities. This study examines whether board-level governance mechanisms—board independence, gender diversity, a sustainability committee, CEO duality, and board size—are associated with environmental performance, and whether environmental performance is related to firm value in global hospitality firms. Using a panel of 10 large publicly traded hospitality companies across North America, Europe, and Asia from 2013–2022 (100 firm-year observations) and fixed-effects estimation, we find positive associations between board independence, board gender diversity, and the presence of a sustainability committee and environmental performance, while CEO duality is negatively associated. Environmental performance is positively associated with firm value (Tobin’s Q) after controlling for profitability and firm size. Because the sample is intentionally bounded to large listed firms and the Refinitiv Environmental Pillar Score is disclosure based, the results should be interpreted as sector-specific associative evidence rather than as definitive causal estimates of operational environmental outcomes. To support longitudinal research on emerging practices in sustainable tourism, we also document a public-source protocol that enables researchers to extend the panel beyond 2022, broaden firm coverage, and incorporate direct environmental indicators over time. The findings highlight board sustainability governance as a potentially important private-sector practice for strengthening environmental citizenship in hospitality, while also clarifying the measurement and generalizability limits of the present design.

Dr. Richard Nisbett's seminal publication appropriately titled The Geography of Thought has generated considerable scientific interest relative to the social as well as cognitive processes that underlie information processing and assimilation. The encapsulation of Nisbett's body of research is best summarized as how people process information directly impacts what they think. Furthermore, the application of social psychology research pertaining to ontological impact upon argument and reasoning analysis is lacking in the hospitality literature. Testing Nisbett's premise using hospitality and tourism students in China, Korea, Colombia, and the US discovered a presence of geographical differences in information processing (decoding) of argument and reasoning statements, although within group variances in information analysis was also detected. The implication is that a deeper understanding of how cognitive, sociocultural, individual, situational factors influence decision making is needed in hospitality and tourism.