The future of tourism: Can tourism growth and climate policy be reconciled? A mitigation perspective

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 119-130

  Gössling, Stefan ^a   Hall, C Michael ^b   Peeters, Paul ^c   Scott, Daniel ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c ROTTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aviation; Climate change; Climate justice; Climate policy; Greenhouse gas emissions; Mitigation; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979895739     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2010.11081628     Document Type: Article

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