TY - BOOK AU - Huybers,Twan AU - Bennett,Jeff TI - Environmental management and the competitivesness of nature-based tourism destinations SN - 1840648902 AV - G156.5.E26 H88 2002 U1 - 338.4'7919436 PY - 2002/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northhampton, MA PB - Edward Elgar KW - Ecotourism KW - Environmental management N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-166) N2 - Environmental management, either voluntary or imposed, can add to the costs of nature-based tourism businesses. Such costs can make tourism destinations less competitive, but the same activities can also enhance competitiveness by increasing demand. This book provides an assessment of the relative importance of these two opposing effects in the context of a case study of nature-based tourism in Tropical North Queensland, Australia UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002034660.html ER -