Modelling attitudes to nature, tourism and sustainable development in national parks: A survey of visitors in China and the UK

Tourism Management

Volumn 45, Issue , 2014, Pages 142-158

  Xu, Feifei ^a   Fox, Dorothy ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropocentric; Ecocentric; Environmental attitudes; National park; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; MODELING; NATIONAL PARK; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; JIUZHAIGOU NATIONAL PARK; SICHUAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84899672758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2014.03.005     Document Type: Article

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