Adventure and ecotourism safety in Queensland: Operator experiences and practice

Tourism Management

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 563-571

  Bentley, Tim A ^a   Cater, Carl ^b   Page, Stephen J ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adventure tourism; Australia; Ecotourism; Queensland; Risk management; Safety management; Tourism safety; Tourist injury

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; INJURY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 77952323235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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