Environmental management of a tourist destination: A factor of tourism competitiveness

Tourism Management

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-78

  Mihalič, Tanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Calgary tourism competitiveness model; Codes of conduct; Environmental accreditation; Environmental awards; Environmental best practice; Environmental impact management; Environmental quality management

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVENESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ALBERTA; CALGARY; CANADA;

EID: 0033968738     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(99)00096-5     Document Type: Article

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