When wildlife tourism goes wrong: a case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia
Images on brochures, web pages and postcards lead to an expectation by tourists and visitors that interaction with Dingoes (Canis lupus Dingo) will be part of their Fraser Island experience. Yet, as the number of tourists to the island increase, so do the reports of Dingo attacks. The first recorded...
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ftgriffithuniv:oai:research-repository.griffith.edu.au:10072/6029 2023-05-15T15:50:16+02:00 When wildlife tourism goes wrong: a case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia Burns, Georgette Leah Howard, Peter 2003 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10072/6029 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00146-8 English en_AU eng Pergamon Tourism Management: research, policies, practice http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/30472/description#description © 2003 Elsevier : Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher : This journal is available online - use hypertext links. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Journal article 2003 ftgriffithuniv https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00146-8 2018-07-30T10:35:44Z Images on brochures, web pages and postcards lead to an expectation by tourists and visitors that interaction with Dingoes (Canis lupus Dingo) will be part of their Fraser Island experience. Yet, as the number of tourists to the island increase, so do the reports of Dingo attacks. The first recorded death from such an attack on Fraser Island occurred in April 2001, and was immediately followed by a government-ordered cull of Dingoes. This paper explores issues surrounding both this decision and the management strategies implemented afterwards. Based on interviews with a variety of stakeholders, many conflicting perspectives on human-wildlife interaction as a component of tourism are identified. The conclusion is drawn that while strategies for managing Dingoes are essential, if such attacks are a consequence of humans feeding wildlife and resultant wildlife habituation, then strategies for managing people are also necessary for this example of wildlife tourism to be both successful and sustainable. Griffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment Full Text Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Griffith University: Griffith Research Online Fraser Island ENVELOPE(-64.129,-64.129,-64.731,-64.731) Griffith ENVELOPE(-155.500,-155.500,-85.883,-85.883) Tourism Management 24 6 699 712 |
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Images on brochures, web pages and postcards lead to an expectation by tourists and visitors that interaction with Dingoes (Canis lupus Dingo) will be part of their Fraser Island experience. Yet, as the number of tourists to the island increase, so do the reports of Dingo attacks. The first recorded death from such an attack on Fraser Island occurred in April 2001, and was immediately followed by a government-ordered cull of Dingoes. This paper explores issues surrounding both this decision and the management strategies implemented afterwards. Based on interviews with a variety of stakeholders, many conflicting perspectives on human-wildlife interaction as a component of tourism are identified. The conclusion is drawn that while strategies for managing Dingoes are essential, if such attacks are a consequence of humans feeding wildlife and resultant wildlife habituation, then strategies for managing people are also necessary for this example of wildlife tourism to be both successful and sustainable. Griffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment Full Text |
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When wildlife tourism goes wrong: a case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia |
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