Can tourism deliver its "aspirational" greenhouse gas emission reduction targets?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-408

  Scott, Daniel ^a   Peeters, Paul ^b   Gössling, Stefan ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Air travel; Carbon taxes; Climate change; Greenhouse gas; Mobility; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOURISM; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; POLLUTION TAX; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77951176032     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669581003653542     Document Type: Review

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