This book is a landmark contribution to the rapidly growing field of wildlife tourism, especially in regard to its underpinning foundations of science, conservation and policy. Written by a …
N Hardiman, S Burgin - Journal of environmental management, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent research into the ecological impacts of recreation and tourism on coastal marine fauna in Australia. Despite the high and growing importance of water-based …
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 …
KA Stamation, DB Croft, PD Shaughnessy… - Marine Mammal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study assessed the short‐term responses of humpback whales to whale‐watching vessels during their southward migration along the south coast of New South Wales (NSW) …
Whale-watching tourism is a growth industry worldwide. In Australia, with whale-watchers approaching one million per annum there has been considerable effort to develop …
Wildlife tourism is one of the fastest growing tourism sectors worldwide. Across the world the number of tourists seeking close interaction with wildlife in their natural environment is …
S Lucrezi, M Saayman, P van der Merwe - Ocean & coastal management, 2013 - Elsevier
Scuba diving is a growing form of tourism reflecting positively on the economy of coastal communities. However, any negative impacts associated with scuba diving need to be …
Using data collected from more than 1,000 tourists on live-aboard dive boats operating in the Cairns/Cooktown management area of the Great Barrier Reef, this paper estimates the …
Abstract Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins(Sousa chinensis) occur in the coastal northern waters of Australia from approximately the Queensland–New South Wales border (31o27S …