The resumption of whaling by Iceland and the potential negative impact in the Icelandic whale-watching market

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 444-448

  Parsons, E C M ^a,b   Rawles, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iceland; Tourism boycott; Whale watching; Whaling

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WHALING;

ARCTIC; ICELAND;

EID: 1842684889     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500308667964     Document Type: Article

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