Monitoring visitors to natural areas in wintertime: Issues in counter accuracy

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 550-560

  Andersen, Oddgeir ^a   Gundersen, Vegard ^a   Wold, Line C ^a   Stange, Erik ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

eco counter; error rates; Norway; protected mountain areas; visitor monitoring

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ECOTOURISM; MOUNTAIN REGION; PROTECTED AREA; SENSOR; WINTER;

NORWAY;

EID: 84895925145     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2013.839693     Document Type: Article

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