RT Article
T1 Sustainable Tourism: Ethical Alternative or Marketing Ploy?
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 72
IS 1
SP 77
OP 77
A1 Lansing, Paul
A1 Vries, Paul De
A2 Vries, Paul De
LA English
YR 2006
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785627414
AB While tourism is often seen as a welcome source of economic development, conventional mass tourism is associated with numerous negative effects, such as the destruction of ecological systems and loss of cultural heritage. In response to these concerns, a term that has surfaced recently is, sustainable tourism. This article attempts to define sustainable tourism and asks the question of whether this new term is an acceptable criteria or is merely a marketing ploy to attract the morally conscious tourist.
K1 Sustainable tourism
K1 governance instrument
K1 global tourism
K1 false advertising
K1 Ethical Marketing
DO 10.1007/s10551-006-9157-7