Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes: Volume 4 Issue 4

Carbon calculators as a tool for carbon impact appraisal of holiday travel: a critical review

Viachaslau Filimonau

This study aims to conduct a critical analysis of online carbon calculators, assesing their accuracy and ability to provide holistic carbon impact appraisals of different elements…

Global warming and tourism: chronicles of apocalypse?

Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Babu George

Global warming is a huge challenge faced by the mankind in the twenty‐first century and beyond. The paradox of ecology lies in the pervasive attitude of lay people who overtly…

Climate change and tourism: comparing female Costa Rican and American perceptions

Juan Antonio Aguirre Gonzalez

The purpose of the study was to contribute to a better understanding of the climate change problem in naturally protected areas in developing countries, based on women's…

Should tourism scientists accept climate change at face value?

Peter Tarlow

This study aims to examine the philosophical issues dealing with climate change and tourism science. The paper neither endorses nor contradicts the theories of climate change, but…

Sustainable tourism and global warming: panacea, excuse, or just an accidental connection?

Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Babu George

The debate linking tourism with global warming is very polemical: neither camp engaged in the debate sees the other side. Sustainable tourism is seen by some as a panacea to…

Editorial

Maximiliano E. Korstanje, Babu P. George