Examining stakeholder group specificity: An innovative sustainable tourism approach

Journal of Destination Marketing and Management

Volumn 8, Issue , 2018, Pages 247-258

  Hardy, Anne ^a   Pearson, Leonie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Q methodology; Stakeholder attitudes; Sustainable tourism; Tasmania

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019345995     PISSN: 2212571X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdmm.2017.05.001     Document Type: Article

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