The Teachable Moments on Marine Mammal Tours: Watching versus Swim-With Tours

Coastal Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 131-138

  Lück, Michael ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

education; interpretation; swim with dolphins; teachable moments; whale watching

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; EDUCATION; MAMMALS;

EDUCATIONAL CONTENTS; INTERPRETATION; NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARIES; STRUCTURED APPROACH; TEACHABLE MOMENTS; TOURISM INDUSTRY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WHALE WATCHING;

DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES);

DOLPHIN; ECOTOURISM; EDUCATION; LEISURE INDUSTRY; TOURIST BEHAVIOR; WHALE;

KAIKOURA; MARLBOROUGH; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; STELLWAGEN BANK NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY; UNITED STATES;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84961627874     PISSN: 08920753     EISSN: 15210421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08920753.2016.1135274     Document Type: Article

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