Exploring air travellers' voluntary carbon-offsetting behaviour

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 215-230

  Mair, Judith ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbon offsetting; Market segmentation; Tourist behaviour

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; MITIGATION; POLLUTION TAX; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79551707464     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2010.517317     Document Type: Article

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