Visitors to litchfield national park, australia: A typology based on behaviours

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 61-75

  Ryan, Chris ^a   Sterling, Libby ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NATIONAL PARK; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; LICHFIELD PARK; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0034955933     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669580108667389     Document Type: Article

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