Visitors' acceptance of negative ecological impacts in national parks: Comparing the explanatory power of psychographic scales in a Norwegian mountain setting

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 291-313

  Haukeland, Jan Vidar ^a,b   Veisten, Knut ^b   Grue, Berit ^b   Vistad, Odd Inge ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORT ECONOMICS   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

ecological concern; management policy; national parks; nature based tourism; psychographic scale; visitor attitudes

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; MOUNTAIN REGION; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

NORWAY;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84874132069     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2012.692685     Document Type: Article

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