Price responsiveness in the developing country nature tourism context: Review and Costa Rican case study

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 281-299

  Lindberg, Kreg ^a   Aylward, Bruce ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^b World Commission on Dams   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Fees; Price elasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000588603     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.1999.11949868     Document Type: Review

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