Differences in tourists' and local residents' perceptions of tourism landscapes: A case study from Ylläs, Finnish Lapland

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 310-333

  Uusitalo, Marja ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Landscape management; Mental model; Nature based tourism; Sketch mapping technique; Spatial cognition

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ECOTOURISM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SENSE OF PLACE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

FINLAND; LAPLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; YLLAS;

EID: 77956241166     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2010.489786     Document Type: Article

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