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Evaluating Nature-based Tourism Using the New Environmental Paradigm

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

E. Jane Luzar ,
Assane Diagne ,
Christopher Gan  and
Brenda R. Henning
E. Jane Luzar
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana Agricultural Center, Louisiana State University
Assane Diagne
Affiliation:
Department of Marketing and Economics, Lincoln University, New Zealand
Christopher Gan
Affiliation:
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Brenda R. Henning
Affiliation:
Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Abstract

Nature-based tourism (NBT), alternatively known as ecotourism, is a rapidly expanding area in the tourism travel sector. States such as Louisiana with a well established urban-based tourism industry may have expansion opportunities through development of complementary nature-based tourism. This study analyzes the decision to participate in nature-based tourism and identifies factors, including attitudinal, that influence the decision to participate in NBT among Louisiana tourists.

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Nature TourismEcotourismNEP

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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , December 1995 , pp. 544 - 555
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1995

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