Extent and economic value of manta ray watching in maldives

Tourism in Marine Environments

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-27

  Anderson, R Charles ^a   Adam, M Shiham ^b   Kitchen Wheeler, Anne Marie ^a   Stevens, Guy ^a  

^a Marine Research Centre ^*  (Maldives)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic value; Maldives; Manta ray; Wildlife tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649614617     PISSN: 1544273X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/154427310X12826772784793     Document Type: Article

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