Tourism and the environment, the other side of the coin: Environmental impact on tourists’ health

Tourist Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 297-314

  Bauer, Irmgard L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

environment and risk; health education; health hazards; health impact; tourism and environment; tourism and health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997879905     PISSN: 14687976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/146879760100100305     Document Type: Article

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