Tourism, risk tolerance and competences: Travel organization and tourism hazards

Tourism Management

Volumn 35, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-221

  Williams, Allan M ^a   Baláž, Vladimír ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Forecasting   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Competences; Hazards; Risk; Risk tolerance; Travel organization; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84869875811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.07.006     Document Type: Article

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