Assessing motivations for carbon offsetting by environmentally certified tourism enterprises

Anatolia

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 297-318

  Zeppel, Heather ^a   Beaumont, Narelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

business motivations; carbon offsetting; climate change; environmental concern

Indexed keywords

CARBON EMISSION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84889256608     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2012.759982     Document Type: Article

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