Marine Wildlife and Tourism Management: Insights from the Natural and Social Sciences

摘要

Charismatic marine wildlife has a unique appeal to many tourist populations and is frequently cited as being a growth sector for coastal tourism destinations; some of which are wholly renowned for their opportunities to encounter their indigenous marine species. Given the importance of marine wildlife to tourism, it is remarkable that so little work has majored on how to manage tourist demand and behaviour in the wide range of marine wildlife settings that now exist as although these wildlife encounters benefit tourists and private sector operators, they do not always bode well for the focal species. Therefore any addition to the academic literature which highlights important ethical and contentious issues, and searches for scientific approaches and practical methods of tourism management, is a welcome contribution to the field.