Tourism ecolabelling : certification and promotion of sustainable management /

The use of ecolabels and certification schemes in the tourist industry is reviewed. Over 70 schemes are described, from the developed countries of the Northern Hemisphere and Australia. Ways for widening the applicability and hence validity of these ecolables are suggested in conclusion. The book is...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2001.
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Table of Contents:
  • Regulating the Green Message : the Players in Ecolabelling / Xavier Font
  • Major Issues in Tourism Ecolabelling / Ralf C. Buckley
  • Ecolabelling in the Context of Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourism / Dimitrios Diamantis and John Westlake
  • The Consumer Behaviour Context of Ecolabelling / Richard Sharpley
  • Environmental Behaviour Implications for Tourist Destinations and Ecolabels / Tanja Mihalic̆
  • Tourism Ecolabels Market Research in Germany / Claudia Lübbert
  • The Process of Developing an Ecolabel / Xavier Font and John Tribe
  • Pitfalls of Ecolabelling / Vinod Sasidharan and Xavier Font
  • Ecotourism Certification and Evaluation : Progress and Prospects / Megan Epler Wood and Elizabeth A. Halpenny
  • Environmental Management Tools in Canada : Ecolabelling and Best Practice Benchmarking / Pamela A. Wight
  • Ecotourism Accreditation in Australia / Ralf C. Buckley
  • Ecolabels for Tourism in Europe : the European Ecolabel for Tourism? / Herbert Hamele
  • Turnover and Trends in Tourism Ecolabels / Ralf C. Buckley
  • Quality Analysis of Tourism Ecolabels / Rolf Spittler and Ute Haak
  • The Future Belongs to International Ecolabelling Schemes / Walter Kahlenborn and Attina Dominé
  • Conclusions : a Strategic Analysis of Tourism Ecolabels / Xavier Font.