Environmental education potential for greek ecotourism

International Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 735-745

  Skanavis, Constantina ^a   Matsinos, Yiannis G ^a   Petreniti, Vassiliki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Environmental behaviour; Environmental literacy; Small ecotourism enterprises

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EDUCATION PROGRAMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; GREECE; TOURISMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

EID: 11144332966     PISSN: 00207233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020723042000271668     Document Type: Article

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