Achieving voluntary reductions in the carbon footprint of tourism and climate change

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 297-317

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^b   Cheung, Catherine ^a   Law, Rob ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Climate change; Tourists' behaviour; Voluntary mitigation

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 77951173063     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580903395022     Document Type: Article

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