Tourism ecolabelling : certification and promotion of sustainable management / edited by X. Font and R.C. Buckley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Font, Xavier.

Buckley, Ralf.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ecotourism--Certification.

Ecotourism.

Eco-labeling.

Physical Description:

xxi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; New York : CABI Pub., 2001.

Summary:

There is currently immense interest in measuring the sustainability of tourism in general, and of ecotourism in particular. Until this time, it has been difficult for consumers to know whether claims of tourism destinations and products being "ecological and sustainable" are based on hard evidence. The tourism industry has therefore been developing methods to measure these objectively in the form of ecolabels. This book is the first substantial one to review this subject. Emphasis is placed on the criteria used in ecolabels to determine sustainability, the marketing of ecologically labelled tourism products, and the management of current ecolabels and awards.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0851995063

OCLC:

44579013