An assessment of convention tourism's potential contribution to environmentally sustainable growth

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 95-113

  Park, Eerang ^a   Boo, Soyoung ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intention; Codes of conduct; Convention tourism; Ecolabel; Environmental attitude; Environmental impact

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; DECISION MAKING; ECOLABELING; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ETHICS; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949362835     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580903147936     Document Type: Article

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