Are tourism impacts low on personal environmental agendas?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-345

  McKercher, Bob ^a   Prideaux, Bruce ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice overload; Climate change; Global warming; Information overload; Priority; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GLOBAL WARMING; STUDENT; TOURISM; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78650294683     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2010.524702     Document Type: Article

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