Happiness and limits to sustainable tourism mobility: A new conceptual model

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1017-1035

  Ram, Yael ^a   Nawijn, Jeroen ^b   Peeters, Paul M ^b  

^a ASHKELON ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b NHTV BREDA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

awareness attitude gap; behavioral change; climate change; happiness; leisure mobility; long haul trips

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOTOURISM; FUTURE PROSPECT; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MOBILITY; PSYCHOLOGY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888010501     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.826233     Document Type: Article

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