The role and presence of a guide: Preliminary findings from swim with seal programs and land-based seal viewing in New Zealand

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 187-199

  Boren, Laura J ^a   Gemmell, Neil ^b   Barton, Kerry ^c  

^a University of Canterbury ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Guided walk; Independent tourists; Marine mammal; Pinniped tourism; Seal swimming

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953206928     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427308787716776     Document Type: Article

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