Tourism strategies and climate change: Rhetoric at both strategic and grassroots levels about growth and sustainable development in Finland

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 845-861

  Kietäväinen, Asta ^a   Tuulentie, Seija ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

climate change; rhetorical analysis; tourism; tourism actors; tourism strategies; worlds of justification

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTREPRENEUR; GRASSROOTS LEVEL; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 84880935178     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.750326     Document Type: Article

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