## Abstract This paper is based on a small ethnographic study of serious wildlife tourists. It focuses on three important aspects of this type of travel. First, the tangible benefits of the tourist experience; second, the importance of the tour leader as the interface between the product and the to
The Prospect of wildlife tourism
β Scribed by Yuan Liu; Wei Zhang; Xiao-dong Tang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 330 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1007-662X
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