Managing popularity: Changes in tourist attitudes in a wilderness destination

Tourism Management Perspectives

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-58

  Sæthórsdóttir, Anna Dóra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Experience; Iceland; Landmannalaugar; Tourism carrying capacity; Tourism development; Wilderness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877605250     PISSN: 22119736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmp.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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