Can tourists easily choose a low carbon footprint vacation?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 175-194

  Juvan, Emil ^a,b   Dolnicar, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

carbon calculator; carbon footprint; environmentally friendly tourism; environmentally sustainable behaviour

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DECISION MAKING; ECOTOURISM; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; GREENHOUSE GAS; UNITED NATIONS;

AUSTRALIA; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84893801730     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.826230     Document Type: Article

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