Nature-based tourism: A contrast to everyday life

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 111-126

  Mehmetoglu, Mehmet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Destination choice; Ecotourism; Everyday life; Nature; Nature based tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 34548683908     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/joe168.0     Document Type: Article

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