Classification of forest-based ecotourism areas in Pocahontas County of West Virginia using GIS and pairwise comparison method

Ishwar Dhami; Jinyang Deng

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Classification of forest-based ecotourism areas in Pocahontas County of West Virginia using GIS and pairwise comparison method

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Authors:

Ishwar Dhami, Jinyang Deng

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: 215-223.

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Abstract

Many previous studies have examined ecotourism primarily from the perspective of tourists while largely ignoring ecotourism destinations. This study used geographical information system (GIS) and pairwise comparison to identify forest-based ecotourism areas in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The study adopted the criteria and scores developed by Boyd and Butler (1994) with some modifications to prepare thematic layers for the different criteria.

Parent Publication

Proceedings of the 2010 Northeastern Recreation Research Symposium

Citation

Dhami, Ishwar; Deng, Jinyang. 2012. Classification of forest-based ecotourism areas in Pocahontas County of West Virginia using GIS and pairwise comparison method. 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: 215-223.