Close is not close enough: Drowning and rescues outside flagged beach patrol areas in Australia

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Wilks, Jeff ^a,b,d   De Nardi, Monica ^a   Wodarski, Robert ^c  

^a Strategic Development Unit   (Australia)

^b JTA Tourism   (Australia)

^c FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Surf Life Saving Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Beach safety; Surf lifesaving; Tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547339698     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427307784835651     Document Type: Article

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