Environmentally Friendly Behaviors of Recreationists and Natural Area Tourists: A Comparative Perspective
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
Thank you for the invitation to review. The strength of the paper is that it is well written and has potential to contribute to the literature. The methodology is straightforward. Below are comments for consideration, and I look forward to reviewing the revised manuscript.
- The data was collected “between April and October 2018”. It is already April 2023, and readers may feel that the dataset is rather dated. What are the implications? For instance, tourist psychology may have changed prior to and after the pandemic. The idea here is not to turn this into a ‘COVID paper’, but rather, to acknowledge that there could be some potential implications for the results and discussion.
- The Discussion and Conclusion provides a good summary of the results. However, I would encourage stronger and more updated links to recent research to highlight theoretical contributions. Currently, there are connections made with Örki & Ağırseven, 2016; (Lee et al., 2014; Mostafa, 2009). Yadak and Pathak’s 547 (2016); (Van Lange et al., 1997; etc. While these are good links, readers may argue that the connections are again, rather dated. In contrast, the introduction referred to more recent research in 2021.
- The paper is based on self-reported survey questionnaires. This is acceptable and often used, but self-reported surveys are highly susceptible to response bias, especially related to research on sustainability (e.g., participants want to be seen as sustainable in the eyes of others). As a result, there is increasing discussion about the use of implicit association tests (IATs) throughout different areas of tourism research. I would recommend discussing the potential of using IATs for future research which could provide readers with a fresh and novel perspective. It would also showcase to readers that the authors are well aware of the latest methodological developments in 2023! You may refer to: Tse, W. T. S., & Tung, V. W. S. (2023). Assessing explicit and implicit stereotypes in tourism: self-reports and implicit association test. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 31(2), 460-482.
All the best and I look forward to reading the revision.
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Reviewer 2 Report
The submitted draft shows great originality, great coherence and high clarity in the presentation and structure of the work. There is a strong engagement to the sources and recent studies on the main topic.
My suggestion is that it should be accepted for publication.
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Reviewer 3 Report
Comments on
“Environmentally friendly behaviors of recreationists: A comparative perspective”
General Overview
The study investigates the correlation between environmental altruism and environmental concern with eco-friendly behaviors across three tourist destinations in Turkey. The research methodology includes the PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Model) approach and a one-way ANOVA test to assess potential differences between the destinations. Moreover, the study examines the impact of environmentally-friendly behaviors on nature-based tourism and ecologically friendly purchasing behaviors. However, the analysis requires additional literature reviews, conclusions, and recommendations to enhance the research contribution. The tables, figures, and reference format also need improvement, as does the completeness of the article structure. Furthermore, the authors should provide a more detailed analytic process for the proposed framework. In conclusion, this study suggested making more explanations for the following problems:
1. The introduction should be structured in the manuscript, propose the critical issue, and provide the research framework for solving the research gap. The current condition makes it hard to understand the actual content of this section.
2. Some citations, tables, symbols, and references format should modify in the manuscript.
3. The manuscript should restructure some sections, such as the introduction, literature reviews, methodology, empirical study, and conclusion and suggestion.
4. The manuscript should increase some of the last literature reviews of Environmental concern and environmental altruism and strengthen the relationship with Environmentally-friendly behavior and purchasing behavior.
5. This study should discuss the current condition and critical issue/gap of environmentally-friendly behavior to enhance relative research contribution to the manuscript.
6. This research should intensify the diverse analysis to enrich their contribution and provide sweeping conclusions and recommendations for research results.
Specific Comments/ Research Suggestions
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(2) Style inconsistency with Sustainability format in references, like the difference of name format. “Apaza-Panca, C.M.; Arevalo, J.; Maquera-Luque, P.J.; Ticona-Carrizales, L.” and “Arısal, İ., & Atalar, T.”.
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(4) The insertion of the table has some problems of title location, like the difference of table format “Table 10. The actual effect of government initiatives in the tourism industry.” and “Table 6. Result of the structural model and mediation analysis.”.
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(5) The insertion of the table has some problems of title location, like the difference of figure format “Figure 1. Theoretical framework in the impact of students’ personality in SET (student evaluations of teaching) and specs on employability.” and “Figure 1. Model of hypotheses developed for the study.”.
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(5) The insertion of citations has some problems with citation format like the difference of citation format “The analysis of efficiency is key to assessing the sustainability of tourism and reshaping the tourism economy [1].” and “It was only in the 1990s that the concept of sustainable 31 tourism originated, focusing on the sustainable development of tourism instead of mas s 32 tourism (Swarbrooke, 1999; Heardy, Beaton, and Pearson, 2002).”.
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The study explores the correlation between environmental altruism and environmental concern with eco-friendly behaviors based on the PLS-SEM approach and a one-way ANOVA test for three tourist destinations in Turkey. However, some problems remain to be further discussed, and the format to be corrected. This paper should not be accepted for publication in Sustainability for this situation. It is welcome that authors modify/rewrite this paper according to recommended suggestions and re-submit it in a new volume of Sustainability or other journals.
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Reviewer 4 Report
Dear Authors!
The manuscript is very interesting. Touches on a current topic.
The title reflects the content of the manuscript.
There is a balanced relationship between the purpose, content and conclusion of the manuscript.
The manuscript is well written and interesting.
The manuscript complies with the rules of academic ethics.
A small recommendation:
The names of the columns of the tables (3, 4, 5,6.) might be worth duplicating in English.
I am grateful to the authors for the interesting material they have prepared.
Best regards
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Reviewer 5 Report
I thank the authors for the current and interesting research theme.
The title, abstract and keywords are in accordance with all requirements, and i do not suggested changes.
The authors provided a very comprehensive overview of the research. A review of the literature provides insights into similar research, which strengthenes the significance of this manuscript. The authors cite extensive literature with similar issues.
The methodology is clearly presented, as well as all the results through adequate figures and tables. I think no changes are necessary. All chapters are clearly marked and delimited. No confusing parts and no connections. The objective is absolutely clear, the essence of the research as well as the results obtained. Also, the discussion is extensive, which the authors emphasize the commitment to the research, but also to making the results explained sufficiently to the readers, compared with similar achievements in the world. A paragraph dedicated to limiting circumstances, as well as future applicable and theoretical implications is completely sufficient. I only suggest supplement to the literature
Stereotypes and Prejudices as (Non) Attractors for Willingness to Revisit Tourist-Spatial Hotspots in Serbia. Sustainability,15, 5130. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065130
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
I appreciate the authors' revisions. I have no further comments.
Author Response
We would like to thank the referee for accepting the paper for publication.
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Reviewer 3 Report
The study explores the correlation between environmental altruism and environmental concern with eco-friendly behaviors based on the PLS-SEM approach and a one-way ANOVA test for three tourist destinations in Turkey. However, this study already increases literature reviews and discussions to enrich its research contribution and improve the last manuscript's citations, tables, symbols, and reference format problems. Besides, the author already had finished some modifications for their manuscript. This paper should accept for publication in Sustainability.
Author Response
We would like to the referee for his/her recommendation for publication of the paper
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Reviewer 5 Report
All corrections have been made, I suggest adding to the literature the following reference Stereotypes and Prejudices as (Non) Attractors for Willingness to Revisit Tourist-Spatial Hotspots in Serbia. Sustainability,15, 5130.https://doi.org/10.3390/su15065130
After that I suggest publishing
Author Response
We would like to thank the reviewer for his/her suggestion to cite “Gajic et al., 2023”. We have carefully examined this reference. However, its content is irrelevant to our manuscript. Thus, it would be inappropriate to cite this paper from a scientific perspective.
However, if the reviewer identifies a relevant paragraph in the manuscript and guides us to cite the article, we would be happy to cite it.
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