Biodiversity Hotspots and Visitor Flows in Oulanka National Park, Finland

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 100-111

  Lyon, Katie ^a   Cottrell, Stuart P ^a   Siikamäki, Pirkko ^b   Marwijk van, Ramona ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Metsähallitus ^*  (Finland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Finland; nature based tourism; social ecological hotspots

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NATURE CONSERVATION; OUTDOOR RECREATION; RARE SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

FINLAND; OULANKA NATIONAL PARK;

BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84859402943     PISSN: 15022250     EISSN: 15022269     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15022250.2011.629909     Document Type: Article

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