An examination of recreational divers' underwater behaviour by attitude-behaviour theories

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 779-795

  Ong, Tah Fatt ^a   Musa, Ghazali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Diving attitude; Perceived behavioural control; Personal norms; Subjective norms; Underwater behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ECOTOURISM; SAMPLING; SCUBA DIVING; STAKEHOLDER; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 80053524345     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2010.545370     Document Type: Article

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