Conservation and economic benefits of wildlife-based marine tourism: Sea turtles and whales as case studies

Human Dimensions of Wildlife

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-58

  Wilson, Clevo ^a   Tisdell, Clem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economic and conservation benefits; Ecotourism; Sea turtles; Whales

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983520706     PISSN: 10871209     EISSN: 1533158X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10871200390180145     Document Type: Article

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