Carbon dioxide emissions generated by energy consumption of hotels and homestay facilities in Taiwan

Tourism Management

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-21

  Tsai, Kang Ting ^a   Lin, Tzu Ping ^b   Hwang, Ruey Lung ^c   Huang, Yu Jing ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hotel; Taiwan; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY USE; RECREATIONAL FACILITY;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84887399287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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