Effects of non-consumptive wildlife-oriented tourism on marine species and prospects for their sustainable management

S Burgin, N Hardiman - Journal of environmental management, 2015 - Elsevier
Marine non-consumptive wildlife-oriented tourism, whereby tourists observe and/or interact
closely with animals, without purposely having a detrimental effect on them, has been …

Sustainable whale-watching tourism and climate change: towards a framework of resilience

E Lambert, C Hunter, GJ Pierce… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
Whale-watching tourism, currently worth $1 billion pa worldwide, depends upon the
continued presence of whale, dolphin and porpoise species (collectively called cetaceans) …

Protest response and contingent valuation of an urban forest park in Fuzhou City, China

B Chen, X Qi - Urban forestry & urban greening, 2018 - Elsevier
Urban forest parks, such as Fuzhou National Forest Park (FNFP), provide residents with
landscape amenities, recreational opportunities, and interaction with nature. Understanding …

Human value co-creation behavior in tourism: Insight from an Australian whale watching experience

J Xie, A Tkaczynski, NK Prebensen - Tourism Management Perspectives, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explores and tests a comprehensive model of co-creation in creating value and
tourist satisfaction. In addition to being the first study to empirically test the customer value co …

Identifying and mapping forest-based ecotourism areas in West Virginia–Incorporating visitors' preferences

I Dhami, J Deng, RC Burns, C Pierskalla - Tourism management, 2014 - Elsevier
This study identifies and maps forest-based ecotourism areas in West Virginia by
incorporating visitors' preferences. Relative weights for ecotourism destination criteria were …

Whale‐watching trips in Peru lead to increases in tourist knowledge, pro‐conservation intentions and tourist concern for the impacts of whale‐watching on humpback …

AM García‐Cegarra, AS Pacheco - … Conservation: Marine and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Since the implementation of the commercial whaling ban in the 1980s, whale‐watching has
become the most important economic activity involving whales worldwide. Whale‐watching …

The link between travel motives and activities in nature‐based tourism

M Mehmetoglu, Ø Normann - Tourism review, 2013 - emerald.com
Purpose–The essence of the demand for nature‐based tourism is an important issue seen
from both an academic and practitioner's perspective. One approach to understanding it is to …

Social science as a vehicle to improve dolphin-swim tour operation compliance?

NE Filby, KA Stockin, C Scarpaci - Marine Policy, 2015 - Elsevier
This study investigates whether tourists can be a force to evoke compliance, via conducting
social science and compliance studies simultaneously. Tourist demographics, motivation …

Impact of tourists' perceived value on brand loyalty: A case study of Xixi National Wetland Park

J Li - Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
With the gradual deepening of the concept of brand strategy, exploring the principle of the
formation of brand loyalty in ecotourism areas in China has become an important subject …

Self-identification of ecotourists

J Deng, J Li - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Although ecotourism has frequently been examined in the literature, a consensus has not
yet been reached globally as to what constitutes ecotourism. This paper suggests an …