Residents' attitudes to tourism in Central British Columbia, Canada

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-65

  Nepal, Sanjay K ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mountain communities; Peripheral regions; Resident attitudes; Tourism development

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN REGION; PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL REGION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38649131980     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680701825123     Document Type: Article

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