Developing a scale for evaluating ecotourism by visitors: A study in the Annapurna Conservation Area, Nepal

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 975-989

  Baral, Nabin ^a   Stern, Marc J ^a   Hammett, A L ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community based conservation; confirmatory factor analysis; ecotourism; monitoring and evaluation; protected areas management; scale development

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; FACTOR ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; TOURIST DESTINATION;

ANNAPURNA CONSERVATION AREA; GANDAKI; NEPAL;

EID: 84865247218     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.663379     Document Type: Article

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