Tourist crowding perception and acceptability in cities. An Applied Modelling Study on Bruges

Annals of Tourism Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 2133-2153

  Neuts, Bart ^a   Nijkamp, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Crowding; Historic cities; Sustainability; Use level

Indexed keywords

PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM; TOURIST DESTINATION; URBAN AREA;

BELGIUM; BRUGGE; WEST FLANDERS;

EID: 84865531439     PISSN: 01607383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annals.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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