Discovering wildlife tourism: A whale shark tourism case study

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-361

  Catlin, James ^a   Jones, Roy ^a   Jones, Tod ^a   Norman, Brad ^b   Wood, David ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distribution channels; Whale shark; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MARINE PARK; SHARK; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

RHINCODONTIDAE;

EID: 77956848225     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13683500903019418     Document Type: Article

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