Environmental management in the Caribbean accommodations sector

Tourism

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-168

  Best, Mechelle N ^a   Thapa, Brijesh ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodations; Caribbean; Diffusion of innovations; Environmental attitudes; Environmental management; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051678152     PISSN: 13327461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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