Education on marine mammal tours as agent for conservation - But do tourists want to be educated?

Ocean and Coastal Management

Volumn 46, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 943-956

  Lück, Michael ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COASTAL ZONES; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN HABITATS;

EDUCATIONAL INTERPRETATION; TOURISM;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION; MARINE MAMMAL; TOURIST ATTRACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CETACEA; CORYPHAENIDAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0347031502     PISSN: 09645691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-5691(03)00071-1     Document Type: Article

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