Getting closer to whales - passenger expectations and experiences, and the management of swim with dwarf minke whale interactions in the Great Barrier Reef

• Published in: Tourism Management
• Main Authors: Valentine, Peter S., Birtles, Alastair, Curnock, Matt, Arnold, Peter, Dunstan, Andy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Queensland; Watchers; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; Megaptera novaeangliae; minke whale
• Online Access: https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/1035/1/Valentine_et_al_2004_Tsm_Mgt.pdf

Whale-watching tourism is a growth industry worldwide. In Australia, with whale-watchers approaching one million per annum there has been considerable effort to develop management regimes that protect the whales while enabling the development of a sustainable ecotourism industry. A mixture of Nation...