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dc.contributor.authorCarson, D
dc.contributor.authorPrideaux, B
dc.contributor.authorCoghlan, A
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, A
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:58:48Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:58:48Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.modified2011-02-03T07:00:37Z
dc.identifier.issn1743-873X
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/17438730802691707
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35968
dc.description.abstractDesert Australia is a vast, largely unpopulated area serviced by few roads. In recent years, tourism has been identified as an industry that has some potential to generate employment and investment opportunities in the region. Because of the distances involved and the largely unsealed road network that radiates off the main north-south highway much of the region is inaccessible to conventional vehicles. As a consequence, interest in fourwheel- drive (4WD) tourism has grown and a number of desert regions have identified this group as a potential market that could be further developed. One of the experiences that is associated with parts of desert Australia is its heritage values, both natural and built. This paper explores the role of heritage as a motivation to travel to desert Australia by four-wheel-drivers and the subsequent proportion of visitor expenditure that can be attributed to heritage tourism consumption. It concludes that while heritage is just one of many components of a 4WD trip, there may be substantial potential for increasing its economic contribution.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUK
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom217
dc.relation.ispartofpageto225
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Heritage Tourism
dc.relation.ispartofvolume4
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchUrban and regional planning
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism resource appraisal
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman geography
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3304
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3508
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode350805
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4406
dc.titleHeritage as a motivation for four-wheel-drive tourism in desert Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2009
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorCoghlan, Alexandra


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