Are birders good for birds? Bird conservation through tourism management in the Hula Valley, Israel

Tourism Management

Volumn 38, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-42

  Collins Kreiner, Noga ^a   Malkinson, Dan ^a   Labinger, Zev ^b   Shtainvarz, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Agamon Hula Park; Bird watching; Carrying capacity; Ecotourism; Hula Valley; LAC (limits of acceptable change); Risk disturbance hypothesis; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; FUTURE PROSPECT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

HULA VALLEY; ISRAEL; NORTHERN DISTRICT;

AVES;

EID: 84875277964     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2013.01.009     Document Type: Article

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