There is no such thing as sustainable tourism: Re-conceptualizing tourism as a tool for sustainability

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 2538-2561

  Moscardo, Gianna ^a   Murphy, Laurie ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Sustainable tourism; Tourism planning; Tourism sustainability

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOTOURISM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

AUSTRALIA; MAGNETIC ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84902959458     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6052538     Document Type: Article

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