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Economic policy measures for reducing the environmental impact of tourism

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  • Egon Smeral

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Measures for reducing the environmental impact of tourism can be taken at the micro-and/or regional level as well as at the macro level of an economy. At the micro- and/or regional level, measures to regulate tourism include assigning quotas or setting fees for endangered areas. Important additional tasks are the development of approaches to solve regional traffic congestion problems and the implementation of visitor management schemes. Macro-policy measures include the implementation of energy taxes, the collection of ‘eco fees', the restructuring of the working process towards more time flexibility and the promotion of service industries. Evaluation of these different strategies for reducing the environmental impact of tourism must also consider that society is not yet ready to accept measures that impact too deeply or too swiftly. Given this, it seems more realistic to put together an optimal bundle of different measures having a low impact at the beginning of their implementation, the impact could then be increased gradually from year to year.

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  • Egon Smeral, 1996. "Economic policy measures for reducing the environmental impact of tourism," Tourism Economics, , vol. 2(2), pages 173-184, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:2:y:1996:i:2:p:173-184
    DOI: 10.1177/135481669600200206
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    1. Eugenio-Martin, Juan L., 2011. "Assessing social carrying capacity of tourism destinations with random utility models/Evaluación de la capacidad de carga social de los destinos turísticos con modelos de utilidad aleatoria," Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Estudios de Economia Aplicada, vol. 29, pages 881-902, Diciembre.
    2. Ming-Chieh Wang & Chang-Sheng Wang, 2018. "Tourism, the environment, and energy policies," Tourism Economics, , vol. 24(7), pages 821-838, November.

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