Conservation and education benefits of interpretation on marine wildlife tours

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 215-227

  Zeppei, Heather ^a   Muloin, Sue ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation actions; Education benefits; Environmental behavior; Interpretation; Marine wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953181240     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427308787716802     Document Type: Article

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