Sustainability Aspects of Whale Shark Tourism: A Perspective from Tourist Blogs

This study explored tourists' blogs to identify sustainability challenges and opportunities to inform best-practice management of the whale shark tourism industry worldwide. Few researchers have investigated blogs in the context of swim-with whale shark experiences as recounted from the tourist...

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Published in:Tourism in marine environments 2024-07, Vol.19 (1), p.23-40
Main Authors: Hender, Annabelle, Pabel, Anja
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