Tourist perceptions of extreme weather events in Martinique

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 47-55

  Hübner, Anna ^a   Gössling, Stefan ^b,c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change information; Extreme weather; Martinique; Tourist perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873482363     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2012.09.003     Document Type: Article

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