TY - JOUR
T1 - The end of tourism? Climate change and societal changes
AU - Burns, Peter
AU - Bibbings, L.J.
N1 - This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in 21st Century Society, 4, 1, 2009, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/17450140802642424
PY - 2009/2
Y1 - 2009/2
N2 - Starting with the assumption that socio-cultural aspects of tourism demand will need to change in response to global warming, this paper identifies business and consumer contradictions that highlight the complexities of dealing with climate change in an industry characterised by fragmented, global supply chains. The paper's approach is to problematise the issues into a series of research questions (related to ethical consumption, sustainability, policies, actions and communication) based on the premise that sustainable tourism is possible and desirable, but mitigation has to acknowledge the anthropogenic causes of climate change and responses should be underpinned by changing norms for any society that considers travel to be the 'perfect freedom'.
AB - Starting with the assumption that socio-cultural aspects of tourism demand will need to change in response to global warming, this paper identifies business and consumer contradictions that highlight the complexities of dealing with climate change in an industry characterised by fragmented, global supply chains. The paper's approach is to problematise the issues into a series of research questions (related to ethical consumption, sustainability, policies, actions and communication) based on the premise that sustainable tourism is possible and desirable, but mitigation has to acknowledge the anthropogenic causes of climate change and responses should be underpinned by changing norms for any society that considers travel to be the 'perfect freedom'.
U2 - 10.1080/17450140802642424
DO - 10.1080/17450140802642424
M3 - Article
SN - 1745-0152
VL - 4
SP - 31
EP - 51
JO - 21st Century Society
JF - 21st Century Society
IS - 1
ER -