The irony of tourism: Visitor reflections of their impacts on Australia's World Heritage rainforest

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 102-117

  Prideaux, Bruce ^a   McNamara, Karen Elizabeth ^a,b   Thompson, Michelle ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Cairns; interpretation; sustainability; threat; tourism; Wet Tropics rainforest

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; HERITAGE TOURISM; RAINFOREST; SUSTAINABILITY;

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

EID: 84863946146     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: 17477638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2012.683006     Document Type: Article

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