Wildlife-based tourism and increased support for nature conservation financially and otherwise: Evidence from sea turtle ecotourism at Mon Repos

Tourism Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 233-250

  Tisdell, C ^a   Wilson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; Contingent valuation; Ecotourism; Turtles; Wildlife based tourism

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; NATURE CONSERVATION; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TURTLE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

AUSTRALIA; MON REPOS; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0034788905     PISSN: 13548166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000001101297847     Document Type: Article

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