Determinants of Spending of Whale Shark Tour Participants

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Determinants of Spending of Whale Shark Tour Participants

Whale shark tourism is an icon industry in Western Australia. In 2006, Whale shark tour participants spent $6.0 million in the Ningaloo Coast region of Western Australia and added between $2.4 million and $4.6 million to the regional economy in direct expenditure (Catlin, Jones, Norman, & Wood,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Jones, Tod, Wood, David, Catlin, James, Norman, B.
Other Authors:	Ian McDonnell
Format:	Conference Paper
Published:	University of Technology, sydney 2007
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6528

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