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dc.contributor.advisorBuckley, Ralf
dc.contributor.authorMossaz, Alaxa C
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-23T02:16:10Z
dc.date.available2018-01-23T02:16:10Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.doi10.25904/1912/2998
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/365252
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this research is to examine how conservation projects influence travel agents involved in high-end conservation tourism. The conservation of many threatened species in developing nations depends on private initiatives funded by high-end tourism, in addition to public protected areas. Private conservation initiatives depend on a regular supply of tourists, sent by specialised travel agents. Understanding the decision-making process of these travel agents is therefore important, and the factors considered by agents to make their decisions have critical implications for conservation. The longest established and largest scale conservation tourism enterprises operate in sub-Saharan Africa. To attract tourists, conservation tourism operators rely heavily on flagship species such as the Big Five (lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo), and particularly on the three charismatic African big cats, lion, leopard and cheetah. Big cats have a high economic value for the wildlife tourism industry, and marketing by conservation tourism operators, both to travel agents and to potential clients, focuses heavily on these species. A number of conservation tourism operators also run specific conservation programs for big cats and promote these programs in their marketing materials.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeBrisbane
dc.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
dc.subject.keywordsWildlife conservation
dc.subject.keywordsNature tourism
dc.subject.keywordsBig cats, Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.titleDecision Power in High-End Tourism: The Role of Travel Agents in Wildlife Conservation
dc.typeGriffith thesis
gro.facultyScience, Environment, Engineering and Technology
gro.rights.copyrightThe author owns the copyright in this thesis, unless stated otherwise.
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dc.contributor.otheradvisorCoghlan, Alexandra
dc.contributor.otheradvisorWong, Victor
dc.rights.accessRightsPublic
gro.identifier.gurtIDgu1471580676550
gro.source.ADTshelfnoADT0
gro.source.GURTshelfnoGURT
gro.thesis.degreelevelThesis (PhD Doctorate)
gro.thesis.degreeprogramDoctor of Philosophy (PhD)
gro.departmentGriffith School of Environment
gro.griffith.authorMossaz, Alexa


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