Mountain areas and visitor usage - Motivations and determinants of satisfaction: The case of Pirongia Forest Park, New Zealand

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 288-308

  Pan, Steve ^a   Ryan, Chris ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Forest Parks; Mountains; New Zealand; Protected area management; Recreation

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PARK MANAGEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PIRONGIA FOREST PARK; WAIKATO;

EID: 34250820417     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost662.0     Document Type: Article

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