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dc.contributor.authorCoghlan, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorPrideaux, Bruce
dc.contributor.editorS. Richardson, L. Fredline, A. Patiar and M.Ternel
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:58:37Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:58:37Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2011-10-06T05:00:03Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/40067
dc.description.abstractApproximately 18% of Australia can be classed as desert and about 66% of the continent receives an annual rainfall of less than 500mm, classifying it as arid or semi-arid land. Desert Australia is vast, has few residents and even fewer roads but has become a place of fascination for visitors who are willing to travel into this region. Tourism has been suggested as one industry that has some scope to add economic value to Australia's desert regions as well as providing employment and business opportunities. To date there has been little research into the profile of desert visitors, their motives and the activities they participate in. In this paper, we look at the place of desert tourism within the travel activities of 4Wheel Drive (WD) club members. This paper reports on the characteristics of 4WD club members and their general 4WD holiday experiences in a desert environment. Results suggest a good match between activities and motivations, a promising sign for 4WD desert tourism which offers many opportunity sought by 4WDrivers on vacation.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent239038 bytes
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherGriffith University
dc.publisher.placeGold Coast, Australia
dc.publisher.urihttps://cauthe.org/services/conferences/conference-2008/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameCAUTHE 2008 Conference - Where the Bloody Hell Are We?
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleCAUTHE 2008 Conference - Where the Bloody Hell Are We? Conference Proceedings
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2008-02-11
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2008-02-14
dc.relation.ispartoflocationGold Coast, Australia
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchTourism Resource Appraisal
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150605
dc.titleMatching Motivations and activities for 4WD club members and the implications for developing desert 4WD tourism
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 CAUTHE. This is the author-manuscript version of this paper. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorCoghlan, Alexandra


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