Accounting for the carbon associated with regional tourism consumption

Tourism Management

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-44

  Munday, Max ^a   Turner, Karen ^b   Jones, Calvin ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Environmental analysis; Tourism consumption; Tourism externalities

Indexed keywords

INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TOURISM;

EID: 84871571576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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