No time for smokescreen skepticism: a rejoinder to Shani and Arad
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Hall, C. MichaelAmelung, Bas
Cohen, Scott
Eijgelaar, Eke
Gössling, Stefan
Higham, James
Leemans, Rik
Peeters, Paul
Ram, Yael
Scott, Daniel
Aall, Carlo
Abegg, Bruno
Araña, Jorge E.
Barr, Stewart
Becken, Susanne
Buckley, Ralf
Burns, Peter
Coles, Tim
Dawson, Jackie
Doran, Rouven
Dubois, Ghislain
Duval, David Timothy
Fennell, David
Gill, Alison M.
Gren, Martin
Gronau, Werner
Guiver, Jo
Hopkins, Debbie
Huijbens, Edward H.
Koens, Ko
Lamers, Machiel
Lemieux, Christopher
Lew, Alan
Long, Patrick
Melissen, Frans W.
Nawijn, Jeroen
Nicholls, Sarah
Nilsson, Jan-Henrik
Nunkoo, Robin
Pomering, Alan
Reis, Arianne C.
Reiser, Dirk
Richardson, Robert B.
Rogerson, Christian M.
Saarinen, Jarkko
Sæórsdóttir, Anna Dóra
Steiger, Robert
Upham, Paul
van der Linden, Sander
Visser, Gustav
Wall, Geoffrey
Weaver, David
Affiliation
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New ZealandUniversity of Oulu
Linnaeus University
University of Johannesburg
Wageningen University
University of Surrey
NHTV Breda University of Applied Sciences
Lund University
University of Otago
Ashkelon Academic College
University of Waterloo
Vestlandsforsking
University of Innsbruck
Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
University of Exeter
Griffith University
University of Bedfordshire
Université d'Ottawa
University of Bergen
Conseil et Recherche en Politiques Climatiques
University of Winnipeg
Brock University
Simon Fraser University
Fachhochschule Stralsund
University of Central Lancashire
Icelandic Tourism Research Centre
Wilfrid Laurier University
North Arizona University
East Carolina University
Michigan State University
University of Mauritius
University of Wollongong
Southern Cross University
Cologne Business School
University of Iceland
MCI Management Center Innsbruck
University of Leeds
Yale University
London School of Economics and Political Science
University of the Free State
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2014-10-05
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Shani and Arad (2014) claimed that tourism scholars tend to endorse the most pessimistic assessments regarding climate change, and that anthropogenic climate change was a "fashionable" and "highly controversial scientific topic". This brief rejoinder provides the balance that is missing from such climate change denial and skepticism studies on climate change and tourism. Recent research provides substantial evidence that reports on anthropogenic climate change are accurate, and that human-induced greenhouse gas emissions, including from the tourism industry, play a significant role in climate change. Some positive net effects may be experienced by some destinations in the short-term, but in the long-term all elements of the tourism system will be impacted. The expansion of tourism emissions at a rate greater than efficiency gains means that it is increasingly urgent that the tourism sector acknowledge, accept and respond to climate change. Debate on tourism-related adaptation and mitigation measures is to be encouraged and welcomed. Climate change denial is not.Citation
Hall CM., Amelung B, Cohen S, Eijgelaar E, Gössling S, Higham J, Leemans R, Peeters P, Ram Y, Scott D, Aall C, Abegg B, Araña JE, Barr S, Becken S, Buckley R, Burns P, Coles T, Dawson J, Doran R, Dubois G, Duval DT, Fennell D, Gill AM, Gren M, Gronau W, Guiver J, Hopkins D, Huijbens EH, Koens K, Lamers M, Lemieux C, Lew A, Long P, Melissen FW, Nawijn J, Nicholls S, Nilsson JH, Nunkoo R, Pomering A, Reis AC, Reiser D, Richardson RB, Rogerson CM, Saarinen J, Sæórsdóttir AD, Steiger R, Upham P, van der Linden S, Visser G, Wall G, Weaver D (2015) 'No time for smokescreen skepticism: a rejoinder to Shani and Arad', Tourism Management, 47 (), pp.341-347.Publisher
Elsevier LtdJournal
Tourism ManagementType
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0261-5177ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.tourman.2014.08.008