Environmental sustainability in practice? A macro-scale profile of tourist accommodation facilities in Australia's coastal zone

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-100

  McNamara, Karen Elizabeth ^a   Gibson, Chris ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accommodation facilities; Built environment; East coast Australia; Environmental initiatives; Quantitative surveys; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; ECOTOURISM; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 39049117366     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost621.0     Document Type: Article

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