British wildlife tourism operators: Current issues and typologies

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 455-478

  Curtin, Susanna ^a   Wilkes, Keith ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Impacts; Management; Tour operators; Typologies; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; TOURISM; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 29344471240     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500508668231     Document Type: Review

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