An investigation of differences in residents' perceptions on the sunshine coast: Tourism impacts and demographic variables;Examen de diverses perceptions de résidents: Impacts du tourisme et variables démographiques

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-213

  Sharma, Bishnu ^a   Dyer, Pam ^b  

^a Faculty of Business   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic variables; Location; Residents' attitudes; Sunshine Coast region

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; COASTAL ZONE; DEMOGRAPHY; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 69549086198     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680902827159     Document Type: Article

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