Encyclopedia of Tourism

0457770 - ÚGN 2016 RIV CH eng M - Monography Chapter
Frantál, Bohumil
Energy, tourism.
Encyclopedia of Tourism. 1. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015 - (Jafar, J.; Honggen, H.). ISBN 978-3-319-01383-1
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT EE2.3.20.0025
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : energy * tourism * sustainability
Subject RIV: DE - Earth Magnetism, Geodesy, Geography
http://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_441-1

The chapter provides a general definition of energy and resume the role and environmental impacts of tourism as one of the largest global industries and energy consumers.Then the energy tourism nexus is conceptualized from three perspectives: The first is energy as a driver of tourism. The second is energy as a constraint of tourism. The third is energy as an attraction and object of tourists´interests.
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