When wildlife tourism goes wrong: A case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia

Tourism Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-712

  Burns, Georgette Leah ^a   Howard, Peter ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dingoes; Fraser Island; Human dimensions; Stakeholders; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

STAKEHOLDER; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST DESTINATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; FRASER ISLAND; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0347660667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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