Perceptions of trekking tourism and social and environmental change in Nepal's Himalayas

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 415-437

  Nyaupane, Gyan P ^a   Lew, Alan A ^b   Tatsugawa, Kevin ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

community development; environmental perceptions; global change; mountain regions; photo elicitation; Sagarmatha National Park; Sherpa; sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GLOBALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL CHANGE; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURIST DESTINATION;

HIMALAYAS; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA NATIONAL PARK; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL];

EID: 84907313882     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2014.942233     Document Type: Article

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