Are we killing them with kindness? Evaluation of sustainable marine wildlife tourism

C Trave, J Brunnschweiler, M Sheaves, A Diedrich… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increasing popularity of marine wildlife tourism (MWT) worldwide calls for assessment of
its conservation outcomes and the development of appropriate management frameworks to …

Conservation benefits of interpretation on marine wildlife tours

H Zeppel, S Muloin - Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Marine wildlife tours provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors.
These benefits derive from interpretation programs and close personal encounters with …

Education and conservation benefits of marine wildlife tours: Developing free-choice learning experiences

H Zeppel - The journal of environmental education, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Marine wildlife tours can provide a range of education and conservation benefits for visitors,
including emotional (ie, affective) responses and learning (ie, cognition). Interpretive …

Whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Marine Park: A longitudinal study of wildlife tourism

J Catlin, R Jones - Tourism Management, 2010 - Elsevier
This article demonstrates the changes that occur due to the maturation of a wildlife tourism
industry through the application of a Wildlife Tourism Framework. Specifically, in 2005 …

Using post‐visit action resources to support family conservation learning following a wildlife tourism experience

K Hughes, J Packer, R Ballantyne - Environmental Education …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Wildlife tourism experiences are often promoted for their ability to enhance visitors'
conservation knowledge, attitudes and behaviour; yet, studies exploring the long‐term …

Whale‐watching trips in Peru lead to increases in tourist knowledge, pro‐conservation intentions and tourist concern for the impacts of whale‐watching on humpback …

AM García‐Cegarra, AS Pacheco - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since the implementation of the commercial whaling ban in the 1980s, whale‐watching has
become the most important economic activity involving whales worldwide. Whale‐watching …

Enhancing satisfaction and sustainable management: Whale watching in the Azores

J Bentz, F Lopes, H Calado, P Dearden - Tourism Management, 2016 - Elsevier
This study explores satisfaction with whale watching tours in relationship to expectations
and demographic variables and identifies tour aspects that contribute to satisfaction. Based …

Tourist knowledge, pro-conservation intentions, and tourist concern for the impacts of whale-watching in Las Perlas Archipelago, Panama

S Cárdenas, MV Gabela-Flores, A Amrein… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Whale watching has become an important economic activity for many coastal areas where
whales aggregate at certain times of year. Las Perlas Archipelago in Panama is a breeding …

[HTML][HTML] Ecotourism: a holistic assessment of environmental and socioeconomic effects towards sustainable development

S Kumar, N Hasija, V Kumar… - Current World …, 2023 - cwejournal.org
Ecotourism has garnered substantial scholarly and public interest as an environmentally
conscious and sustainable variant of tourism with the primary objectives of fostering …

The human dimensions of wildlife tourism in a developing country: watching spinner dolphins at Lovina, Bali, Indonesia

PLK Mustika, A Birtles, Y Everingham… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The number of cetacean watching tourism operations in developing countries has doubled
in the past decade. Practices are typically unregulated and not informed by research …