Acceptance of voluntary whalewatching codes of conduct in West Scotland: The effectiveness of governmental versus industry-led guidelines

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-182

  Parsons, E C M ^a   Woods Ballard, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MARINE BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United Kingdom)

^b Hedridean Whale and Dolphin Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Management; Scotland; Whalewatching

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; GUIDELINE; NATURE CONSERVATION; WHALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0348171031     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500308667950     Document Type: Article

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