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ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
Volume 29, Issue 2, Pages 422-438Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-7383(01)00068-8
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nature-based tourism; ecotourism; national parks; evaluation and rating system
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As nature-based tourism grows, protected areas will witness increasing pressure froth tourists, with the quality of destination attributes exerting a considerable influence over their experience, An evaluation and rating system may help tourists to select sites, enhance their satisfaction, and encourage them to act responsibly. Managers may also gain a better understanding of how to operate such sites. The paper proposes a hierarchical structure for the assessment of protected areas by the assignment of priorities to the various elements of the structure. By applying the Standard Deviation Method, the research categorized Victorian parks in Australia into four levels, which were found to correlate closely with prevailing visitation levels and with park popularity. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
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