Understanding tourists' spatial behaviour: GPS tracking as an aid to sustainable destination management

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 580-595

  Edwards, Deborah ^a   Griffin, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

GPS tracking; space; spatial behaviour; sustainable; tourists

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; GPS; PUBLIC TRANSPORT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRACKING;

AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES]; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84877873138     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.776063     Document Type: Article

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