Visitor perspectives on sustainable tourism development in the Pitons Management Area World Heritage Site, St. Lucia

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 839-857

  Nicholas, Lorraine ^a,b   Thapa, Brijesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Pitons Management Area; St. Lucia; Sustainable tourism development; Visitors; World Heritage Site

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

PITONS; SAINT LUCIA; WINDWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES];

EID: 77956425873     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-009-9227-y     Document Type: Article

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