Ecotourism marketing alternative to charismatic megafauna can also support biodiversity conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 91-100

  Hausmann, A ^a   Slotow, R ^a,b   Fraser, I ^c,d   Di Minin, E ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

choice experiment; conservation marketing; cultural service; ecotourism; latent class segmentation; sense of place; wilderness experience

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOTOURISM; FAUNA; PROTECTED AREA; SENSE OF PLACE; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST DESTINATION; WILDERNESS AREA;

EID: 84992448475     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12292     Document Type: Article

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