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  • Balancing Tourism and Safety: The Case of Jet Skis

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    Wilks, Jeff
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    Wilks, Jeff
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract
    The article examines the death of a British tourist Sridhar Shekar due to a jet ski accident in Gold Coast, Queensland in 2008. It explores the response of the government which seeks to balance tourism interests and safety in jet ski hire. Also, it analyzes the recommendations to improve the safety of jet ski hirers including the requirement of helmets for personal watercraft drivers, the creation of enforcement guidelines, and the licensing for personal watercraft drivers who hire and drive.The article examines the death of a British tourist Sridhar Shekar due to a jet ski accident in Gold Coast, Queensland in 2008. It explores the response of the government which seeks to balance tourism interests and safety in jet ski hire. Also, it analyzes the recommendations to improve the safety of jet ski hirers including the requirement of helmets for personal watercraft drivers, the creation of enforcement guidelines, and the licensing for personal watercraft drivers who hire and drive.
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    Journal Title
    Travel Law Quarterly
    Volume
    4
    Issue
    2
    Publisher URI
    https://www.travellawquarterly.co.uk/past-journals/balancing-tourism-and-safety-the-case-of-jet-skis/
    Copyright Statement
    © 2012 Oakhurst Academic Press. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Law not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/51882
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