Opportunity or threat? Finnish hunters' attitudes to hunting tourism

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 383-401

  Nygård, Mikael ^a   Uthardt, Lorenz ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Hunting; Hunting tourism; Social sustainability

Indexed keywords

HUNTING; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FINLAND;

EID: 79952663202     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2010.524701     Document Type: Article

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