When wildlife tourism goes wrong: a case study of stakeholder and management issues regarding Dingoes on Fraser Island, Australia

• Published in: Tourism Management
• Main Authors: Burns, Georgette Leah, Howard, Peter
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon 2003
• Subjects: Fraser Island; Griffith; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/6029; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-5177(03)00146-8

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...