How to use persuasive communication to encourage visitors to pay park user fees

Tourism Management

Volumn 37, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-70

  Steckenreuter, A ^a   Wolf, I D ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural influence; Fee paying; Park user fee; Persuasive communication; Theory of planned behaviour; Tourism impact

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INVESTMENT; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; PARKING; PROTECTED AREA; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84873980304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.01.010     Document Type: Article

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