Visitors' memories of wildlife tourism: Implications for the design of powerful interpretive experiences

Tourism Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 770-779

  Ballantyne, Roy ^a   Packer, Jan ^a   Sutherland, Lucy A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian National Botanic Garden   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emotion; Environmental behaviour; Environmental interpretation; Memories; Tourist behaviour; Visitor experiences; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MEMORY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84865143540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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