Outcome-focused national park experience management: transforming participants, promoting social well-being, and fostering place attachment

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 358-381

  Wolf, Isabelle D ^a,b   Stricker, Heidi K ^b   Hagenloh, Gerald ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

guided tour; national parks; nature based tourism; recreation benefits; social relationship; transformative experience

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; NATIONAL PARK; PARK MANAGEMENT; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84922505820     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2014.959968     Document Type: Article

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