Slaughtering the goose that lays the golden egg: Are whaling and whale-watching mutually exclusive?

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-74

  Higham, James E S ^a   Lusseau, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

International Whaling Commission (IWC); Sustainability; Tourism; Whale watching; Whaling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; ECOTOURISM; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WHALING;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; CAMISSONIA OVATA; CETACEA;

EID: 40049085593     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit335.0     Document Type: Article

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