A market segmentation analysis of cruise ship tourists visiting the Panama Canal Watershed: Opportunities for ecotourism development

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Thurau, Brooke Beadles ^a   Carver, Andrew D ^a   Mangun, Jean C ^a   Basman, Cem M ^b   Bauer, Gerald ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Cruise ships; Ecotourism; Market segmentation; Panama; Sustainable tourism; Travel preferences

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECOTOURISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; WATERSHED;

CENTRAL AMERICA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; PANAMA CANAL; PANAMA CANAL ZONE;

EID: 34250167198     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/joe138.0     Document Type: Article

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