Identifying tourists with smaller environmental footprints

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 717-734

  Dolnicar, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Destination management; Environmentally sustainable tourism; Market segmentation; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; DEMAND-SIDE MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ECOTOURISM; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SEGMENTATION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EID: 77953951004     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669581003668516     Document Type: Article

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