Wildlife tourism in semi-captive settings: A case study of elephant camps in northern Thailand

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 429-449

  Kontogeorgopoulos, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal rights; Elephants; Thailand; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; COMMUNICATION NETWORK; DOMESTICATION; ELEPHANT; INCOME; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

ASIA; CHIANG MAI [NORTHERN REGION]; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 70149117722     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500903042873     Document Type: Article

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