Category: Research and studies

Raising tourists’ awareness of at risk destination can increase demand, making matters worse

New research says highlighting threats to destinations risks driving tourists to consume these disappearing tourism 'products' before it is too late.

Transport emission reductions hampered by EU internal policy processes, new research finds

Fundamental problems with EU policy need addressing urgently for transport policies to have any significance in efforts to mitigate climate change.

Consumers prefer emotional sustainability messages, risking being mislead by greenwash

Why are consumers not buying your sustainable tourism products? Quite probably, because the way you write your messages is not sufficiently attractive.

Regulation of manta ray tourism urged

Increased popularity of marine tourism at some sites can lead to disturbance of these marine animals, which are also at risk from fishing

A green and happy holiday? You can have it all

Research on tourist behaviour shows that people are happy to curb their material consumption on holiday, as long their holiday is rich in other experiences.

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