Aiming for sustainability in the tour operating business

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 99-107

  Tepelus, Camelia Monica ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Good practices; Sustainable mass tourism; Tour operators

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REGIONAL PLANNING;

GOOD PRACTICES; MASS TOURISM; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; TOUR OPERATORS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 4644302975     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2003.12.018     Document Type: Article

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