Climate change and small island tourism: Policy maker and industry perspectives in Barbados

Journal of Travel Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-41

  Belle, Nicole ^a   Bramwell, Bill ^b  

^a Barbados Ministry of Tourism   (United States)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes to climate change; Barbados; Coastal management; Small island developing states; Tourism and climate change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; POLICY MAKING; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BARBADOS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; LESSER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 23444446072     PISSN: 00472875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0047287505276589     Document Type: Article

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