Tourists getting close to whales, is it what whale-watching is all about?

Tourism Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 561-569

  Orams, Mark B ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Satisfaction; Tangalooma; Whale watching

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; WHALE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND; TANGALOOMA;

EID: 0034092315     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(00)00006-6     Document Type: Article

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