Profile of recreational anglers visiting rottnest island, southwestern Australia

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Beckley, Lynnath E ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Demographics; Expenditure; Usage patterns

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953557623     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427309X12602327200181     Document Type: Article

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