Evaluation of the environmentalist dimension of ecotourism at the Dadia Forest Reserve (Greece)

Environmental Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 810-822

  Hovardas, Tasos ^a   Poirazidis, Kostas ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b WWF Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behavior intentions; Dadia Forest Reserve; Ecotourism; Greece; Visitor knowledge; Visitor satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; VISITOR BEHAVIOR INTENTIONS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

FORESTRY;

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTALISM; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; INFORMATION SERVICE; KNOWLEDGE; SATISFACTION; TOURISM;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GREECE; HUMANS; RECREATION; TREES;

BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

DADIA FOREST RESERVE; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 33749520950     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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