Understanding tourists' perceptions of distance: A key to reducing the environmental impacts of tourism mobility

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 968-981

  Larsen, Gunvor Riber ^a   Guiver, Jo W ^b  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distance; experience; tourism mobility; travel; understandings of distance

Indexed keywords

EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; PERCEPTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

DENMARK;

EID: 84887989715     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.819878     Document Type: Article

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