Polar bear viewers as deep ecotourists: How specialised are they?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-62

  Lemelin, Raynald Harvey ^a   Fennell, David ^b   Smale, Bryan ^c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Polar bears; Specialisation; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ECOTOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; CHURCHILL; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 39049153768     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/jost702.0     Document Type: Article

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