Small island destinations possess fragile ecosystems that are susceptible to the effects of tourism. Ensuring sustainability in these destinations is undoubtedly of utmost importance. This research delved into the fundamental cognitive, affective, and normative processes underlying tourists' intentions toward ecological protection, water conservation, and waste reduction during their visits to small island destinations. Additionally, the study examined the moderating role of environmental protection activities in everyday life. Cutting-edge statistical methods, specifically generalized structured component analysis with measurement errors incorporated and necessary condition analysis, were applied to validate a theoretical model and uncover the crucial factors influencing tourists' intentions concerning environmental protection. The findings categorised the predictive constructs into four groups: necessary and sufficient, necessary but insufficient, unnecessary but sufficient, and unnecessary and insufficient. Our findings shed light on the essential and/or nonessential factors that shape tourists’ ecological intentions in small island destinations.

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激发小岛游客保护生态、节约用水、减少垃圾的行为


小岛屿目的地的生态系统脆弱，容易受到旅游业的影响。确保这些目的地的可持续性无疑至关重要。这项研究深入探讨了游客在访问小岛目的地期间对生态保护、节约用水和减少废物的意图的基本认知、情感和规范过程。此外，该研究还考察了环境保护活动在日常生活中的调节作用。应用尖端统计方法，特别是纳入测量误差的广义结构化成分分析和必要条件分析，来验证理论模型并揭示影响游客环境保护意愿的关键因素。研究结果将预测结构分为四组：必要且充分、必要但不充分、不必要但充分以及不必要且不充分。我们的研究结果揭示了影响小岛目的地游客生态意图的基本和/或非基本因素。