Understanding the bird watching tourism market in Queensland, Australia

Anatolia

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-247

  Aise, Kyoungjin Kim ^a   Keuning, Justine ^b   Robertson, Jeremy ^b   Kleindorfer, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birdwatching tourism; Market segmentation; Recreational specialization

Indexed keywords

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

AVES;

EID: 79960806692     PISSN: 13032917     EISSN: 21566909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2010.9687101     Document Type: Article

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