Identifying tourists' preferences for Aboriginal tourism product features: Implications for a northern first nation in British Columbia

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-114

  Kutzner, Diana ^a   Wright, Pamela A ^a   Stark, Amelia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Tl'azt'en Nation CURA Ecotourism Stream Leader   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal tourism; Community based tourism; Market segmentation; Product development; Visitor preference

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE TOURISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67651247206     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724040802695991     Document Type: Article

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