Eyes wide shut? UK consumer perceptions on aviation climate impacts and travel decisions to New Zealand

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 323-335

  Cohen, Scott Allen ^a,b   Higham, James E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air travel; Behavioural intentions; Climate change; Impact perceptions; New Zealand; UK

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRCRAFT EMISSION; CLIMATE EFFECT; TRAVEL DEMAND;

BOURNEMOUTH [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; NEW ZEALAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955748200     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683501003653387     Document Type: Article

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