Don’t let the consequences of your transportation choice fly right over your head : The Effects of Socioeconomic Variables on Sustainable Transportation in Tourism

Abstract: Fostering environmentally friendly transport solutions for tourists lies at the core of the strategiesaimed at implementing sustainable tourism transportation. In this sense, this study aims toidentify the determinants of green mobility choices taken by young adults and adults to travel toand from their holiday destinations. It is based on a survey questionnaire proposed to adultsprimarily in Germany, USA and Sweden. The study demonstrates the intrinsic relationshipbetween the transport mode choices for reaching tourism destinations, and the different levels ofvariables that could cause different types of green mobility decisions made to reach their tourismdestinations.