Planes, trains and wheelchairs in the bush: Attitudes of people with mobility-disabilities to enhanced motorised access in remote natural settings

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-366

  Lovelock, Brent A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Access; Environmental attitude; Mobility disability; Motorised; Nature; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; RESEARCH WORK; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; WILDERNESS AREA;

EID: 73449138411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.03.014     Document Type: Article

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