Seal management in Scotland: Tourist perceptions and the possible impacts on the Scottish tourism industry

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 540-546

  Parsons, E C M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boycott; Culling; Economic impact; Management; Scotland; Seal; Tourism

Indexed keywords

CULLING; MARINE MAMMAL; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842668384     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500308667968     Document Type: Article

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