Community involvement in tourism infrastructure - The case of the Strahan Visitor Centre, Tasmania

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-308

  Fallon, Liza D ^a   Kriwoken, Lorne K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Community consultation; Interpretation; Sustainable tourism; Tasmania; Visitor centre

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

AUSTRALIA; STRAHAN; TASMANIA;

EID: 0042815148     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(02)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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