Can a niche-market captive-wildlife facility place a low-profile region on the tourism map? An example from Western Australia

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 424-443

  Hughes, Michael ^a   Macbeth, Jim ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Captive wildlife tourism; Government community relations; Regional tourism product; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ECOTOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; WOODLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CRATEVA RELIGIOSA; DRYANDRA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 27744472935     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680500291113     Document Type: Article

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