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Low-carbon tourism is gradually emerging currently, which caused Extensive attention by the government, academia and society. However, study of low-carbon tourism is still in initial stage. On the basis of reviewing of research progress at home and abroad, this paper analyzes the necessity and realistic foundation of China’s development of low-carbon tourism, and finally countermeasures are proposed to promote the development of low-carbon tourism in our country.
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Wang, X., Zhang, H. (2013). Discussion on Countermeasures of China’s Low-Carbon Tourism Development. In: Chen, F., Liu, Y., Hua, G. (eds) LTLGB 2012. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34651-4_19
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