Tourism and its implications for management in Ruhuna National Park (Yala), Sri Lanka

Tourism Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 733-742

  Buultjens, J ^a   Ratnayake, I ^b   Gnanapala, A ^b   Aslam, M ^b  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Protected area tourism; Religious tourism; Sri Lankan tourism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL PARK; TOURISM;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WORLD;

EID: 20544451986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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