Hawaii's real life marine park: Interpretation and impacts of commercial marine tourism in the Hawaiian Islands

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 12, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 489-504

  Wiener, Carlie S ^a,c   Needham, Mark D ^b   Wilkinson, Paul F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commercial tourism; Environmental impacts; Interpretation; Marine tourism; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ECOTOURISM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE PARK; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; TOURIST DESTINATION; TRAMPLING;

HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA; CETACEA;

EID: 70149108929     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500902736855     Document Type: Article

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