A framework to account for the tourism carbon footprint at island destinations

Tourism Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-27

  Sun, Ya Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon emission; Environmental input output model; Taiwan; Tourism; Tourism satellite account

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPENDITURE; GREENHOUSE GAS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

TAIWAN;

EID: 84899012995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.015     Document Type: Article

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