Sustainable tourism indicators as planning tools in cultural destinations

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 18, Issue , 2012, Pages 659-675

  Lozano Oyola, MacArena ^a   Blancas, Francisco Javier ^a   González, Mercedes ^b   Caballero, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Action plans; Benchmarking; Best practice; Composite indicators; Goal programming; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BEST PRACTICE; COMPOSITE INDICATORS; GOAL PROGRAMMING; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; BEST PRACTICES;

BENCHMARKING; MANAGEMENT; TOOLS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACTION PLAN; BENCHMARKING; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CULTURAL HERITAGE; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

ANDALUCIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84858698458     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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