Risk perceptions in the alpine tourist destination Tyrol-An exploratory analysis of residents' views

Tourism Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 911-916

  Eitzinger, Claudia ^a   Wiedemann, Peter ^b  

^a alpS Zentrum fur Naturgefahren Management   (Austria)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpine destinations; Risk perceptions; Tourism

Indexed keywords

RISK PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; TYROL;

EID: 33846392683     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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