Climate change and the air travel decisions of UK tourists

Journal of Transport Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-473

  Hares, Andrew ^a   Dickinson, Janet ^a   Wilkes, Keith ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air travel; Climate change; Tourism

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PSYCHOLOGY; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77649183960     PISSN: 09666923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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