Determining hiking experiences in nature-based tourist destinations

Tourism Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-43

  Chhetri, Prem ^a   Arrowsmith, Colin ^a   Jackson, Mervyn ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hiking experiences; Multidimensional scaling; Natural landscapes; Principal components analysis; Visitor satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COGNITION; OUTDOOR RECREATION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GRAMPIANS NATIONAL PARK; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 0742285023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00057-8     Document Type: Article

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