Participants' views on constraints and opportunities in the development of diamond tourism in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

• Main Author: Noakes, Jamie L.
• Other Authors: Johnston, Margaret, Koster, Rhonda, Lemelin, Harvey, Twynam, David
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Diamond mines and mining; Northwest Territories; Yellowknife; Tourism; Canada
• Online Access: http://knowledgecommons.lakeheadu.ca/handle/2453/75

Diamond tourism is an experience that is currently being developed in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Ideally, diamond tourism engages tourists in an educational experience about the diamond mining process, starting with extraction of the rough diamond through to the cutting, the polishing, and, finally, the purchasing stage.