Tourism, residents' attitudes and perceived carrying capacity with an experimental study in five Tuscan destinations

International Journal of Sustainable Development

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 242-261

  Bimonte, Salvatore ^a   Punzo, Lionello F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Communities' interaction; Residents; Sustainable tourism; Tourism carrying capacity

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

ATTITUDES AND PERCEPTIONS; LOCAL RESOURCES; NON-HOMOGENEOUS; RESIDENTS; SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY; SUSTAINABLE TOURISM; SUSTAINABLE USE; TOURIST DESTINATIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HOMOGENEITY; LOCAL ECONOMY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ITALY; TUSCANY;

EID: 80051866232     PISSN: 09601406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSD.2011.041964     Document Type: Article

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