The need for data on the recreational use of the alpine area of Kosciuszko National Park is important for the sustainable visitor use of the highest area in Australia. Previous visitor monitoring surveys and estimations of visitor numbers have shown significant increases in visitation between the late 1970s and the early 1990s. Over the 1999/2000 summer, a 40 day monitoring program was undertaken for the Kosciuszko alpine area by the New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service in conjunction with the Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre.
by Stuart Johnston and Andrew Growcock
This report presents the results of a wildlife tourism product aimed at providing information about the role of Australian native wildlife as a tourism product in the international visitor market.
by Liz Fredline and Bill Faulkner
This report considers the role of wildlife tourism in the Australian domestic market through a study based on a telephone interview survey of 1356 respondents from all over Australia. The aims of this study were to assess the role and significance of wildlife experiences within the Australian domestic tourism market; establish a typology of domestic wildlife tourists through market segmentation and develop market profiles; and examine motivations for and satisfaction levels with wildlife encounters amongst domestic wildlife tourists.
by Liz Fredline
