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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buckley, Ralf.

Font, Xavier.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eco-labeling.

Ecotourism--Certification.

Ecotourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (381 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hitherto, it has been difficult for consumers to know whether claims of tourism destinations and products being ''ecological and sustainable'' are based on hard evidence. This book reviews the subject.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 Regulating the Green Message: the Players in Ecolabelling; Chapter 2 Major Issues in Tourism Ecolabelling; Chapter 3 Ecolabelling in the Context of Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism; Chapter 4 The Consumer Behaviour Context of Ecolabelling; Chapter 5 Environmental Behaviour Implications for Tourist Destinations and Ecolabels; Chapter 6 Tourism Ecolabels Market Research in Germany; Chapter 7 The Process of Developing an Ecolabel; Chapter 8 Pitfalls of Ecolabelling

Chapter 9 Ecotourism Certification and Evaluation: Progress and ProspectsChapter 10 Environmental Management Tools in Canada: Ecolabelling and Best Practice Benchmarking; Chapter 11 Ecotourism Accreditation in Australia; Chapter 12 Ecolabels for Tourism in Europe: the European Ecolabel for Tourism?; Chapter 13 Turnover and Trends in Tourism Ecolabels; Chapter 14 Quality Analysis of Tourism Ecolabels; Chapter 15 The Future Belongs to International Ecolabelling Schemes; Chapter 16 Conclusions: a Strategic Analysis of Tourism Ecolabels; Directory of Tourism Ecolabels

Addresses of Ecolabelling BodiesIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-82906-0

9786610829064

0-85199-768-6

OCLC:

476055944