Supporting an integrated soft approach to ecotourism development: The Agmon Lake, Israel

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-139

  Collins Kreiner, Noga ^a   Israeli, Yechezkel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b KINNERET COLLEGE ON THE SEA OF GALILEE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agmon Lake; Bird watching; Ecotourism; Hula; Market segmentation

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; INTEGRATED APPROACH; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEGMENTATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

GALILEE; HULA VALLEY; ISRAEL; LAKE AGMON; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

AVES;

EID: 77949472469     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680903493662     Document Type: Article

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