The importance of marine leisure environments: Investigating visitor and local resident perceptions and uses of marine environments on Coffs Coast, NSW Australia

Annals of Leisure Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-260

  Dimmock, Kay ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beaches; Coastal marine environments; Local resident perceptions; Marine leisure; Marine tourism; Visitor perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878560901     PISSN: 11745398     EISSN: 21596816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11745398.2012.719211     Document Type: Article

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