Role of physical environment and green natural environment of pet-accompanying tourism sites in generating pet owners’ life satisfaction

ABSTRACTThis study investigated pet owners' assessments of the physical environments of tourism attractions relating to pet tourism, and their consequences, which influence experiential satisfaction, pet attachment, well-being, and life satisfaction. A mixed method approach was used. The physical and green environments of pet-accompanying tourism, experiential satisfaction, pet attachment, and hedonic well-being sufficiently explained owners' life satisfaction generation process. Life stress played a moderating role. Our findings help pet-industry practitioners understand the services that address the physical and psychological needs of pet owners who vacation with their pets and will be seminal in the development of theories of future pet tourism.KEYWORDS: Pet-accompanying tourismgreen natural environmentphysical environmentpet attachmentwell-being, life stress AcknowledgementThis work was supported by Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) under the metaverse support program to nurture the best talents (IITP-2023-RS-2023-00254529) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT)" Thank you very much for your help.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the This work was supported by Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP) under the metaverse support program to nurture the best talents grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) [IITP-2023-RS-2023-00254529].