Collaborative governance for low-carbon tourism: climate change initiatives by Australian tourism agencies
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Article Title | Collaborative governance for low-carbon tourism: climate change initiatives by Australian tourism agencies |
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ERA Journal ID | 19656 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Zeppel, Heather |
Journal Title | Current Issues in Tourism |
Journal Citation | 15 (7), pp. 603-626 |
Number of Pages | 24 |
Year | 2012 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | London, United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1368-3500 |
1747-7603 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500.2011.615913 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/13683500.2011.615913 |
Abstract | The Australian tourism industry is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on natural areas and the destination choices of long-haul travellers concerned about carbon emissions. A National Tourism and Climate Change Taskforce was established in 2007; with a national action plan for Tourism and Climate Change produced in 2008. Implementing these climate change actions requires new partnerships between tourism agencies, business programmes, carbon consultants, and offset providers. This paper assesses collaborative governance of climate change in Australian tourism, with a focus on low-carbon initiatives promoted to tourism operators by state and territory government tourism agencies. The paper compares the climate change initiatives of these tourism agencies based on six key dimensions of governance including: accountability, transparency, involvement, structure, effectiveness, and power [Ruhanen, L., Scott, N., Ritchie, B., & Tkaczynski, A. (2010). Governance: A review and synthesis of the literature. Tourism Review, 65(4), 4–16]. While most state and territory tourism agencies provided resources on climate change initiatives for tourism operators there was little accountability for emissions reduction within the agency. Collaborative governance of climate change was also more developed in states with climate change policies, destinations vulnerable to the impacts of climate change (e.g. Great Barrier Reef, Queensland), or dependent on long-haul travellers. Further research is needed on the governance and effective delivery of carbon emissions reduction programmes by tourism agencies. |
Keywords | tourism agencies; Australia; climate change; collaborative governance; low-carbon tourism |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 350801. Impacts of tourism |
440713. Tourism policy | |
410102. Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Centre for Sustainable Business and Development |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q1845/collaborative-governance-for-low-carbon-tourism-climate-change-initiatives-by-australian-tourism-agencies
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