Development and validation of the low-carbon literacy scale among practitioners in the Taiwanese tourism industry

Tourism Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 255-262

  Horng, Jeou Shyan ^a   Hu, Meng Lei Monica ^b   Teng, Chih Ching Chris ^c   Hsiao, Han Liang ^a,d   Liu, Chih Hsing Sam ^a  

^a DE LIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Jin Wen University of Science and Technology   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Low carbon literacy; Low carbon tourism; Sustainable tourism; Tourism practitioner

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; ECOTOURISM; EMISSION CONTROL; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; LITERACY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84869880904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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