Psychographic insights from a South Carolina protected area

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 371-379

  Weaver, David B ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allocentrism; Ecotourism; Protected areas; Psychographics; South Carolina; Sustainable tourism; Venturesomeness; Visitor segmentation

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; EDUCATION; ETHICS; LEARNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTECTED AREA; PSYCHOLOGY;

SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AVES;

EID: 82955249263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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