Short-haul city travel is truly environmentally sustainable

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• 作者：Sara Dolnicar ; Christian Laesser ; Katrina Matus
• 关键词：Ecological footprint ; Environmentally friendly ; Sustainability ; Tourism transport
• 刊名：Tourism Management
• 出版年：2010
• 出版时间：August 2010
• 年：2010
• 卷：31
• 期：4
• 页码：505-512
• 全文大小：176 K

文摘

With rising interest in and concern about climate change and environmental sustainability, and the significance of the tourism industry worldwide, the impact of tourism-related activities and behaviors on the environment has become a key area of research. In particular, transport related to tourism has come under scrutiny for its contribution to the ecological footprint of tourism of a destination, mostly accounted for by the dominance of air travel. This study contributes to research in this area by identifying the types of travel situations in which tourists make environmentally friendly choices about travel modes and, consequently, which types of tourism destinations should seek to develop and promote in order to minimize the environmental impact of the tourist sector on both an individual destination and global scale.