Nature-based tourists: The relationship between their trip expenditures and activities

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 200-215

  Mehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Nature tourists; Nature based tourism; Visitor expenditures

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EXPENDITURE; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33947659405     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost642.0     Document Type: Article

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