Representations of tourism transport problems in a rural destination

Tourism Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1110-1121

  Dickinson, Janet E ^a   Robbins, Derek ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Car dependency; Rural destinations; Sustainable transport; Travel behaviour

Indexed keywords

CAR USE; PERCEPTION; TOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 52049123559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2008.02.003     Document Type: Article

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