Projection of tourist scenarios onto fragility maps: Framework for determination of provisional tourist carrying capacity in a Brazilian show cave

Tourism Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-243

  Lobo, Heros Augusto Santos ^a,b   Trajano, Eleonora ^c   Marinho, Maurício de Alcântara ^b,c   Bichuette, Maria Elina ^a   Scaleante, José Antonio Basso ^b,d   Scaleante, Oscarlina Aparecida Furquim ^d   Rocha, Bárbara Nazaré ^c   Laterza, Francisco Villela ^c,e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b Seção de Espeleoturismo Sociedade Brasileira de Espeleologia   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d Estação Floresta Assessoria Ambiental e Turismo Ltda   (Brazil)

^e GEOKLOCK Consultoria e Engenharia Ambiental   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carrying capacity; Management of show caves; Sustainable tourism; Tourism in caves

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CAVE; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL];

EID: 84869868755     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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