Perception of visitors' environmental impacts of ecotourism: A case study in the Valley of Butterflies protected area, Rhodes Island, Greece

International Journal of Environmental Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 245-258

  Spanou, S ^a   Tsegenidi, K ^b   Georgiadis, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b Ministry of Regional Development   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Greece; Rhodes Island; Valley of Butterflies; Visitor management

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUTURE PROSPECT; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; DODECANESE; GREECE; RHODES [DODECANESE]; RHODES [SOUTHERN AEGEAN]; SOUTHERN AEGEAN;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84855523738     PISSN: 17356865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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