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Author : Christian Schott
School/Work Place : Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Contact : christian.schott@vuw.ac.nz
Year : 2005

A case in point is New Zealand, where tourism has long been recognised as an important economic force; this is aptly illustrated by the sector’s contribution of 9.6% to the country’s GDP in 2003 (TRCNZ, 2005). The resource at the heart of much of this economic success is the tourist perception of New Zealand’s natural environment as ‘clean, green and pristine’. This innate characteristic of New Zealand tourism, coupled with the ramifications of the Kyoto protocol and the introduction of carbon taxes, render mechanisms designed for improved environmental performance, such as the concept of ecolabels, highly topical and relevant to the tourism industry in New Zealand. Accordingly, this paper will explore ecolabels as one of the mechanisms available for managing these challenges, by investigating attitudes towards, as well as consumer awareness of ecolabels. After positioning this research within the broader literature on ecolabels and tourism-based environmental certification schemes, the paper will present the findings and relate them, where appropriate, to other research to provide an insight into the level of consumer support that this relatively novel approach, in a New Zealand context, has gained. The paper will close by evaluating the prospect of ecolabels making a meaningful difference to the tourism industry in New Zealand.


List of Articles
No. Subject Viewssort Date
234 Think Tank VI How Sophisticated is the level of E-Commerce Adoption ... file 7354 Oct 13, 2013

The research aims to develop a conceptual model of e-commerce adoption in tourism enterprises. The paper begins with a literature review identifying the opportunities and competitive advantage for tourism enterprises associated with E-commer...

Author: Nina Mistilis & John D’Ambra 

Year: 2006 

233 Think Tank VIII Linking Tourist Satisfaction to Happiness and Quality ... file 7347 Oct 13, 2013

Dominant tourist satisfaction measures, typically tied to service quality, have recently received much criticism by senior tourism academics (Ryan, 1995; Kozak, 2001; Pearce, 2005). These prominent tourism scholars commonly refer to very sim...

Author: Sebastian Filep 

Year: 2008 

232 Think Tank VI Corporate Social Responsibility in the Museum Sector a... file 7292 Oct 13, 2013

Out of a growing concern about the erosion of social infrastructure has come an increase in pressure on business to take up more of the responsibility in meeting community needs (Centre for Corporate Public Affairs, 2000; Loza & Ogilvie...

Author: Deborah Edwards 

Year: 2006 

231 Think Tank XII Causality Between Inbound Tourism and Economic Growth:... file 7277 Nov 06, 2013

This paper examines the existing studies of the relationship between inbound tourism and economic growth. After a brief discussion of general economic growth theory and the reasons why a positive causal relationship may exist between export ...

Author: Mondher Sahli & Simon Carey 

Year: 2012 

230 Think Tank XIV The Bukit Jalil Legacy: Local Residents' Perceptions o... file 7181 Jun 26, 2014

This paper explores local population’s perceptions of the development of the Bukit Jalil area after the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. The work on which this study is based is important because it provides a fundamental insight for th...

Author: Rui Qi Chong & Paolo Mura 

Year: 2014 

229 Think Tank IX Tourism Price Competitiveness: a neglected ‘value’ in ... file 7162 Oct 13, 2013

Price competitiveness is one of the most important factors in the overall tourism competitiveness of a country or a destination. There is widely accepted evidence that prices are one of the most important factors in decisions about whether, ...

Author: Larry Dwyer & Peter Forsyth 

Year: 2009 

228 Think Tank IX Exploring Tourists’ Environmental Learning, Values, an... file 7147 Oct 13, 2013

There is a need for a research agenda, which achieves a holistic understanding of the nature and influences of environmental learning on tourists’ environmental values and travel experiences in relation to climate change. Why, because touri...

Author: Ulrike Kachel & Gayle Jennings 

Year: 2009 

227 Think Tank XIX Promoting sustainable tourist experiences and resilien... file 7144 Oct 23, 2019

Key words: adapt, resilient, tourist experience, Maasai, Tanzania Page: 38-51 Promoting sustainable tourist experiences and resilient communities in the Ngorongoro Crater.pdf Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definition...

Author: Claire Louisa Fordred and Kevin Mearns 

Year: 2019 

226 Think Tank VIII Emerging Green Tourists: Their Behaviours and Attitudes file 7115 Oct 13, 2013

The concerns are varied and are not necessarily important to all tourists and the influence they have on sustaining the industry is unknown. For years the tourism industry has used a number of mechanisms in an attempt to green operators. The...

Author: Sue Bergin-Seers & Judith Mair 

Year: 2008 

225 Think Tank XIII Building community capacity by developing regional bus... file 7040 Nov 06, 2013

Tourism is often proposed as a strategy for community development, especially in rural or remote regions where traditional industries, such as agriculture, are experiencing an economic downturn and there are limited alternative opportunities...

Author: Anna Blackman 

Year: 2013 

224 Think Tank XV The role of interpretation in mindfulness/mindlessness... file 7030 Jul 27, 2015

Cultural tourism is recently receiving increasing attention from southern African countries (The South African National Heritage and Cultural Tourism Strategy, 2012; Van Veuren, 2001). Cultural tourism is promoted as a local development stra...

Author: Haretsebe Manwa, Dudu Boemah & Emile Coetzee 

Year: 2015 

223 Think Tank XIX Innovation Generator. Ideas for Sustainable Tourism Pr... file 6983 Oct 23, 2019

Key words: Innovation generator, Sustainable tourism, Alps, projects, Switzerland Page: 208-213 Innovation Generator.pdf Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Norma...

Author: Fabian Weber 

Year: 2019 

222 Think Tank IV Sustainability in a Mature Mass-Tourism Destination: T... file 6928 Oct 13, 2013

Most destinations are struggling to achieve sustainability for their economies, their environments, their cultures and their tourism industries. This laudatory, idealistic and complex process involves many sectors of the industry, the commun...

Author: Pauline Sheldon, John Knox & Kem Lowry 

Year: 2004 

221 Think Tank V Crisis Communications and Tourism Recovery Strategies ... file 6898 Oct 13, 2013

This paper describes the application of lessons and processes gleaned from previous crises and disasters to the tourism recovery process for the Maldives following the tsunami of December 26 th , 2004. An assessment of existing literature as...

Author: Jack Carlsen 

Year: 2005 

OPA: 2005 Outstanding Paper Award Winner 

220 Think Tank X The Role of Face-to-face Communication and Networking ... file 6877 Oct 13, 2013

Despite the advent of improved electronic communications technology, face-to-face communication and networking remain the most effective means of enhancing business performance and innovation, particularly for more complex products. During ...

Author: Leo Jago & Margaret Deery 

Year: 2010 

219 Think Tank XIV Psychological Empowerment as Good Policy for Governanc... file 6830 Jun 26, 2014

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential impact psychological empowerment can have on sustainable tourism policy objectives, including improving resident attitudes toward tourism, enhancing destination competitiveness, and maint...

Author: B. Bynum Boley & Nancy Gard McGehee 

Year: 2014 

218 Think Tank XII Intersecting Mobilities: Tourists with Vision Impairme... file 6823 Nov 06, 2013

While there has been a developing interest in mobilities amongst tourism scholars, the notion of immobilities has often been ignored. Yet, there are many people who do not participate in tourism or, if they do, only experience partial mobili...

Author: Jennifer Small 

Year: 2012 

217 Think Tank VIII Lifestyle Oriented Small Tourism [LOST] Firms in the F... file 6759 Oct 13, 2013

Lifestyle has been oft cited in the literature as the main motivation for those establishing or acquiring tourism related businesses in attractive destinations. However, the term has many different dimensions and connotations, both positive...

Author: Jack Carlsen & Alison Morrison 

Year: 2008 

216 Think Tank X Establishing a Network of European Rural Villages for ... file 6673 Oct 13, 2013

The paper deals with the research activity carried out by the Authors in the context of the European Project “Listen to the Voice of Villages”. The focus is on the governance asset and tools able to enhance sustainable tourism development i...

Author: Mariangela Franch, Umberto Martini, Federica Buffa & Fabio Sacco 

Year: 2010 

215 OPA award A Framework for Work-Life Balance Practices in the Tou... file 6662 Oct 13, 2013

This paper addresses the key issues surrounding the debate over work-life balance. It provides an overview of current thinking in the general work environment, with specific focus on the issue within the tourism industry. This paper present...

Author: Margaret Deery & Leo Jago 

Year: 2008 

OPA: 2008 Outstanding Paper Award Winner 

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