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dc.contributor.authorSteven, Rochelle
dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Clare
dc.contributor.authorCastley, J Guy
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-03T06:48:06Z
dc.date.available2018-09-03T06:48:06Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0966-9582
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09669582.2014.924955
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/101465
dc.description.abstractAvitourism is an emerging sub-sector of the nature-based tourism industry, where tourist travel motivations are focused around birdwatching. Certain aspects of the industry are yet to be examined adequately. This paper reviews patterns among 66 research studies published between 1989 and 2014 that examine avitourism, its participants and stakeholders across several research themes. There is a distinct northern hemisphere bias (n = 46) in avitourism research effort, with research dominated by studies of the avitourists themselves (n = 35). Key objectives of studies reviewed were primarily concerned with the economic impacts of avitourism (n = 21), the motivations of birders as avitourists (n = 18) and increasing our understanding of the avitourism market (n = 12). Ten studies specifically examined the types of birds or bird-related events (i.e. migrations) avitourists seek. Few studies (n = 6) have examined the negative impacts on birds arising from avitourism. The sustainability of avitourism is dependent upon understanding both the avitourism product and the willingness of avitourists to see particular species. Enhanced understanding of avitourism opportunities and avitourist desires could guide industry growth, assist the economies of many communities, highlight birds and habitats vulnerable to the negative impacts of avitourism, and help finance conservation work. A series of priority research themes are outlined.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipBirds Australia
dc.description.sponsorshipWet Tropics Management Authority
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1257
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1276
dc.relation.ispartofissue8-9
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sustainable Tourism
dc.relation.ispartofvolume23
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEnvironmental management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman geography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode410404
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3508
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350803
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4406
dc.titleBirdwatching and avitourism: a global review of research into its participant markets, distribution and impacts, highlighting future research priorities to inform sustainable avitourism management
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Sciences, Griffith School of Environment
gro.rights.copyright© 2015 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Sustainable Tourism on 26 Jun 2014, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09669582.2014.924955
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gro.griffith.authorMorrison, Clare C.
gro.griffith.authorCastley, Guy G.


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