Recent Advances in Whale-Watching Research: 2010-2011
Year
2012
Journal
Tourism in Marine Environments
Volume
8
Issue
9
Pages
161-171
Keywords
code of conduct, impact, Management, Protected Area, regulation, tourism, Whale watching
Abstract
Whale-watching research encompasses a wide variety of disciplines and fields of study, including monitoring the biological impacts of whale-watching activities on cetaceans and assessments of the effectiveness of whale-watching management and regulations, to the sociological and economic aspects of whale watching on communities hosting such activities. This article is the latest in a series of annual digests, which describes the variety and findings of whale-watching studies published in the year since June 2010.
