Economic Activity Derived from Whale-Based Tourism in Vava'u, Tonga

Coastal Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 481-500

  Orams, Mark ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

economic activity; marine tourism; snorkel with whales; whale watching

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ISOLATED ISLANDS; MARINE TOURISM; REMOTE ISLANDS; SNORKEL-WITH-WHALES; TOUR OPERATOR; WHALE-WATCHING;

SURVEYS;

ECONOMICS;

DIVING; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; TOURIST ATTRACTION; WHALE;

TONGA; VAVAU;

EID: 84888035288     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2013.841346     Document Type: Article

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