Sustainable tourism infrastructure planning: A GIS-supported approach

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-21

  Boers, Bas ^a   Cottrell, Stuart ^b  

^a Dutch Forest Service   (Netherlands)

^b Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrying capacities; GIS; Sustainable development; Trail planning; Visitor behaviour; Visitor opportunities

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOTOURISM; GIS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING; SUSTAINABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SABARAGAMUWA; SINHARAJA FOREST RESERVE; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA;

EID: 34547401951     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680601092824     Document Type: Article

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