Playing with risk? Participant perceptions of risk and management implications in adventure tourism

Tourism Management

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 317-325

  Cater, Carl I ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adventure tourism; Embodiment; New Zealand; Queenstown; Risk

Indexed keywords

RISK ASSESSMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 29544446427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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