Perceptions of relative attractiveness of nature-based tourism assets: A comparison between CVB directors and visitors

Jinyang Deng; David Dyre; Jing Wang

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Perceptions of relative attractiveness of nature-based tourism assets: A comparison between CVB directors and visitors

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Authors:

Jinyang Deng, David Dyre, Jing Wang

Year:

2012

Type:

Other

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 106-111.

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Abstract

This study uses the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) to examine the similarities and differences between directors of Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVB) and the general travelling public in their perceptions of the attractiveness of nature-based tourism resources in the state of West Virginia.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Deng, Jinyang; Dyre, David; Wang, Jing. 2012. Perceptions of relative attractiveness of nature-based tourism assets: A comparison between CVB directors and visitors. In: Fisher, Cherie LeBlanc; Watts, Clifton E., Jr., eds. Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-94. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 106-111.