A comparison of attitudes toward appropriate use of national parks between Chinese in Canada and anglo-canadians

World Leisure Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 28-41

  Deng, Jinyang ^a   Walker, Gordon J ^b   Swinnerton, Guy S ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appropriate use; Attitudes; Chinese; Cross cultural; National parks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001827155     PISSN: 16078055     EISSN: 23334509     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/04419057.2005.9674403     Document Type: Article

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