The Primacy of Climate Change for Sustainable International Tourism

Sustainable Development

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 112-121

  Hall, C Michael ^a,b,c,d   Scott, Daniel ^e   Gössling, Stefan ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g WESTERN NORWAY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aviation; Developing countries; Green growth; Greenhouse gas emissions; Tourism policy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ECOTOURISM; EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GAS; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84876449960     PISSN: 09680802     EISSN: 10991719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sd.1562     Document Type: Article

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