TY - JOUR

T1 - Encouraging environmentally sustainable holiday travel

AU - Böhler, Susanne

AU - Grischkat, Sylvie

AU - Haustein, Sonja

AU - Hunecke, Marcel

N1 - Funding Information: The research is embedded in the research program “Social-Ecological Research” supported by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).

PY - 2006/10/1

Y1 - 2006/10/1

N2 - Holiday travel behavior, individual characteristics of holiday travelers and strategies to change holiday travel behavior are the subjects of this article. From the environmental perspective, the journey to the destinations is the most critical aspect of traveling. Based on a 2003 survey of 1991 German inhabitants, the kilometers traveled and the choice of transportation mode for holiday purposes have been quantified. According to the number of trips and kilometers traveled, four travel groups have been identified. The groups vary according to socio-demographics, psychological factors, number of holiday trips, and travel mode choice. Persons who traveled to more distant destinations also traveled more often and used air travel for more than 60% of their trips. For the other groups, car travel was more important. Correlating the four travel groups with greenhouse gas emissions reveals that the smallest group-the long-haul travelers-was responsible for 80% of the emissions of the whole sample. Income, education, and openness to change were main indicators of individual greenhouse gas emissions. Target group oriented strategies to reduce the environmental impact of holiday mobility are discussed against the background of 84 in-depth interviews conducted with selected representatives of the first survey. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

AB - Holiday travel behavior, individual characteristics of holiday travelers and strategies to change holiday travel behavior are the subjects of this article. From the environmental perspective, the journey to the destinations is the most critical aspect of traveling. Based on a 2003 survey of 1991 German inhabitants, the kilometers traveled and the choice of transportation mode for holiday purposes have been quantified. According to the number of trips and kilometers traveled, four travel groups have been identified. The groups vary according to socio-demographics, psychological factors, number of holiday trips, and travel mode choice. Persons who traveled to more distant destinations also traveled more often and used air travel for more than 60% of their trips. For the other groups, car travel was more important. Correlating the four travel groups with greenhouse gas emissions reveals that the smallest group-the long-haul travelers-was responsible for 80% of the emissions of the whole sample. Income, education, and openness to change were main indicators of individual greenhouse gas emissions. Target group oriented strategies to reduce the environmental impact of holiday mobility are discussed against the background of 84 in-depth interviews conducted with selected representatives of the first survey. © 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

KW - Environmental planning

KW - tourism

KW - holiday mobility

KW - environmental awareness

KW - Greenhouse gas emissions

KW - transportation

KW - Conservation-ecological-behavior

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U2 - 10.1016/j.tra.2005.12.006

DO - 10.1016/j.tra.2005.12.006

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 40

SP - 652

EP - 670

JO - Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice

JF - Transportation Research, Part A: Policy and Practice

SN - 0965-8564

IS - 8

ER -