Discovering wildlife tourism: a whale shark tourism case study

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Discovering wildlife tourism: a whale shark tourism case study

This paper investigates the different sources of information used by tourists to learn about a particular wildlife tourism activity, specifically, whale shark tourism at Ningaloo Marine Park in Western Australia. The findings from this research concur with previous studies of wildlife tourism showin...

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Main Authors:	Catlin, James, Jones, Roy, Jones, Tod, Norman, B., Wood, David
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Channel View Publications 2010
Subjects:	wildlife tourism whale shark distribution channels
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/35777

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