A structural model of residents' intention to participate in ecotourism: The case of a wetland community

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 916-925

  Zhang, Heng ^a   Lei, Siu Lai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ecotourism attitudes; Environmental knowledge; Landscape likeability; Participation intention

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; KNOWLEDGE; LANDSCAPE; MODELING; NATURE CONSERVATION; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 84856449501     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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