Domestic Cycling Tourism: Double Pollution, Greenhushing, and Slovenian Sustainable Travel

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41110%2F24%3A101297" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41110/24:101297 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/1/295" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/17/1/295</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su17010295" target="_blank" >10.3390/su17010295</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Domestic Cycling Tourism: Double Pollution, Greenhushing, and Slovenian Sustainable Travel

Original language description

This study investigates the environmental and socioeconomic dimensions of domestic cycling tourism in Slovenia, focusing on "double pollution" and "greenhushing" practices. The aim is to evaluate the sustainability of cycling tourism by examining its indirect environmental impacts, particularly emissions from ancillary travel behaviours such as car usage to reach cycling destinations. Utilizing data from 2011 to 2021, this research employs factor analyses using the principal component analysis (PCA) extraction method and vector autoregression (VAR) modelling to explore relationships between key socioeconomic, environmental, and tourism-related variables. This study identifies three common factors influencing cycling tourism: (1) socioeconomic and urban dynamics, (2) tourism-driven environmental factors, and (3) climatic sustainability challenges. Results highlight that cycling tourism contributes to emissions due to associated car travel, counteracting its eco-friendly image. Findings reveal that favourable economic conditions and urbanisation drive tourism demand, while increased tourist arrivals correlate with higher emissions. This study also uncovers greenhushing, where stakeholders underreport the environmental costs of cycling tourism, leading to mistaken perceptions of its sustainability. This study concludes that, while domestic cycling tourism supports economic growth and health, its environmental benefits are compromised by ancillary emissions. Transparent environmental reporting, enhanced public transport, and local bike rental systems are recommended to mitigate these challenges and align cycling tourism with Slovenia's sustainability goals.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Sustainability

ISSN

2071-1050

e-ISSN

2071-1050

Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

24

Pages from-to

1-24

UT code for WoS article

001393876100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85214469352