ABSTRACT
Tourism is one of the world’s most significant socio-economic forces. Tourism’s survival and long-term success depend not only on managing cultural resources, artificial attractions, and infrastructure but also on the preservation of the natural environment. For this reason, environmental behaviours of the person(s) participating in tourism activities, trying to predict travel behaviours and accommodation preferences, and identifying existing segments with differentiating features are all of significant importance for the interaction of relation between tourism and nature. Travellers’ recreational behaviours also affect attitudes towards the environment. As one of the fastest-growing tourism industry segments, nature-based tourism involves travel to and overnight stays in the immediate vicinity of nature. Travel to protected areas and natural archaeological sites has risen as nature-based tourism and leisure have expanded and diversified across the globe. Consequently, these activities had become critical for destinations. With the coronavirus outbreak, accommodation preferences have changed, and safe and healthy places have begun to be preferred. This situation necessitated accommodation businesses to create and offer various options and improve their services. This chapter concentrates on accommodation as an essential part of the overall nature-based tourism offer.
