Environmental awareness, interests and motives of botanic gardens visitors: Implications for interpretive practice

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 439-444

  Ballantyne, Roy ^a   Packer, Jan ^a   Hughes, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Botanic gardens; Conservation learning; Interpretation; Motivation; Visitor studies

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; LEARNING; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 38849085096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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