The spiritual dimension of campers' park experience: Management implications

Managing Leisure

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 291-310

  Heintzman, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

campers; introspection; park experience; park management; spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865387849     PISSN: 13606719     EISSN: 1466450X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13606719.2012.711601     Document Type: Article

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