Consolidation in a wildlife tourism industry: the changing impact of whale shark tourist expenditure in the Ningaloo Coast region

In this paper, we examine the expenditure of whale shark tour participants at Ningaloo Marine Park, Western Australia; the location of the world's first whale shark tourism industry, established in 1989. We demonstrate that in 2006, participants' expenditure in the region was $894 per trip...

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Main Authors: Catlin, James, Jones, Tod, Norman, B., Wood, David
Format: Journal Article
Published: McGraw-Hill 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30290