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Tourism Under Climate Change: Will Slow Travel Supersede Short Breaks?

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Buckley, R. Tourism Under Climate Change: Will Slow Travel Supersede Short Breaks?. AMBIO 40, 328–331 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0100-x

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