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This article is primarily concerned with the economic consequences of World Heritage listing for the valuation of natural properties and the economic impacts of this listing. Australian data is used to throw light on this subject. Conceptual problems that arise in valuation are explored and...
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Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia is noted for its rainforest and is part of the World Heritage listed property but prior to this work, no systematic study has been done of the importance of birds to its visitors. This study is based on data from survey forms handed to visitors at...
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Provides background on the development and nature of Antarctic tourism and associated environmental issues, as well as … tourists favour an expansion in tourism to Antarctica and why. An overall assessment completes the study. …
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estimated that as a result of the presence of these species and their use for tourism, expenditure of over $100 million annually … has been remarkable expansion in wildlife tourism on the Otago Peninsula and its economic impact in the Dunedin region in … are likely to hamper its future expansion. However, wildlife tourism on the Otago Peninsula will still have a huge …
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To a large extent, economic factors explain the global growth of the tourism industry, the concentration of tourism in … high-income countries, and the high degree of cross-border tourism between higher income countries themselves. This is … discussed. In doing so, shortcomings of tourism statistics reported by the World Tourism Organisation are examined. These …
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In an earlier note, Collins and Tisdell (2002b) explored the possibility of a long-run relationship between Australian business returns and international business travel. Using annual data they found that such a relationship exists. The purpose of this study is to further examine this...
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Considers the role that tourism-based sea turtle-hatcheries can play in conserving populations of sea turtles by … the impacts of turtle hatcheries on the conservation of sea turtles and enables ecological consequences of tourism, based …
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Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage (PEO) is a unique captive elephant-based recreation facility in Sri Lanka. Over 35,000 visitors (both local and foreign) visit the PEO per month on average for a variety of reasons. However, little or no attempt has been made to examine their reaction to its...
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Lamington National Park in Queensland, Australia is noted for its rainforest and is part of Australia’s fourteen World Heritage listed properties but no systematic study has been done of the importance of birds to its visitors. This study rectifies this situation. It is based on data from...
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