More "green" tourism research

If you are interested in Economics and Tourism, the International Association of Tourism Economics conference is the place to be. This year the meeting is in Ljubjana, Slovenia and you can have a look at the conference programme here.

I have a paper there with Melville Saayman on the cyclists participating in the Argus cycle tour, their views on the green initiatives at the race and their willingness to pay to mitigate their carbon footprint. Check it out.

Guest lecture

Bfsu green tourism lecture

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Brainstorming some "green" tourism research

Following the "green race" paper we have been thinking about green tourism research and I am happy to share a few ideas here. I have also had the opportunity to get feedback from David McKenzie and Berk Ozler at the Work Bank (I'm a big fan of their Development Impact blog). If anyone out there has more ideas, or want to involve us in some interesting work (particularly if you have a huge budget to spend and plan to do the work on a tropical island), please send me a mail.