Incorporating users' perceptions of site quality in a recreation travel cost model

Journal of Leisure Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 406-414

  Siderelis, Christos ^a   Moore, Roger ^a   Lee, Ju Hee ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contingent behavior; Outdoor recreation; Recreation demand; Trails; Travel cost method

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842777568     PISSN: 00222216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222216.2000.11949924     Document Type: Article

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