TOURISM SCIENCE ›› 2025, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (10): 78-93.

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From Exercise Dependence to Environmental Attachment:A Study on the Formation of Environmentally Responsible Behavior of Skiers and its Influence

YANG Zhandong1,3, ZHAO Chenlei1, MEI Xue1, LI Xinjian2,*   

  1. 1. School of Leisure Sports and Tourism, Beijing Sports University, Beijing 100084, China;
    2. School of Tourism Science, Beijing International Studies University, Beijing 100024, China;
    3. Key Laboratory of Visualization Technology for Sports Integration Publishing, Beijing Sport University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2023-09-01 Revised:2025-09-20 Online:2025-10-30 Published:2025-12-31

Abstract: Skiing is a highly addictive sport, and with the successful holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics, ski tourism has become the most popular form of tourism. Taking ski resorts around Beijing as an example, this study constructs a structural model equation for the formation path of environmentally responsible behavior among skiers, using exercise dependence as the antecedent variable and place attachment, memorable tourism experience and tourist-environment fit as mediating variables. The results show that: (1) Exercise dependence can positively influence memorable tourism experience, tourist-environment fit and place attachment. (2) Tourist-environment fit and place attachment play a significant mediating role between exercise dependence and environmentally responsible behavior. (3) Memorable tourism experience, tourist-environment fit, and place attachment have a chain mediating role in the formation path of environmentally responsible behavior.

Key words: Ski tourism, exercise dependence, environmentally responsible behavior, memorable tourism experience, tourist-environment fit

CLC Number: 

  • G895

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