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Developing a Pet Owners' Tourism Constraints Scale – The Constraints to Take Dogs to Tourism Activities
Author(s) -
Chen Annie Huiling,
Peng Norman,
Hung Kuangpeng
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of tourism research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.155
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1522-1970
pISSN - 1099-2340
DOI - 10.1002/jtr.1959
Subject(s) - tourism , confirmatory factor analysis , constraint (computer aided design) , exploratory factor analysis , scale (ratio) , marketing , interpersonal communication , business , psychology , social psychology , geography , engineering , mechanical engineering , cartography , archaeology , service (business)
The objectives of this research were to develop a scale for constraints on bringing dogs along on tourism activities and to examine the influence of these constraints on owners' intentions to take dogs along on tourism activities. The responses of 518 Taiwanese dog owners were examined through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. The findings revealed three dimensions of pet‐related tourism constraint (i.e. pets' specific constraints, pets' interpersonal constraints and pets' structural constraints). This measurement scale was found to be both valid and reliable. In addition, the constraints were found to negatively influence owners' intentions to take pets along on tourism activities. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.