Economic incentives for tourism firms to undertake voluntary environmental management

摘要: Abstract The management of natural assets at tourism destinations has relied strongly on the traditional assumption that agents free ride. Tourism firms are expected to overuse resources for their private interest, and be subject a trade-off between being green competitive. However, there many examples voluntary environmental actions undertaken by industry. present paper reviews literature economic consequences action taken presents three challenges commonly held ‘tragedy’ expectations. These results suggest viability alternative policymaking takes potential under consideration.