Limitations of resident perception surveys for understanding tourism social impacts the need for triangulation

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 43-54

  Northcote, Jeremy ^a   Macbeth, Jim ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methodology; Resident perceptions; Social impact; Social indicator; Tourism impact; Triangulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979917471     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2005.11081472     Document Type: Article

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