Facilitating reef tourism management through an innovative importance-performance analysis method

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 767-775

  Coghlan, Alexandra ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Importance performance analysis; Marine tourism; Protected areas; Satisfaction; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; ECOTOURISM; INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROTECTED AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84856504668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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