I have a short section of this very issue (taking guests walking in the hot sun
regardless of their fitness) in the e-book I'm about to publish on wildlife
tourism, with a couple of (anonymous) examples of unsympathetic guides
Cheers
Ronda
On 25/10/2013, at 9:48 AM, Denise Goodfellow wrote:
> Recently the issue of tourism and hot weather was raised on Radio National.
>
> Quite often I've been in the field with other guides who've either taken
> people out in very hot, humid weather or who said they would have no
> problems doing so. One was a bus driver (who'd just started guiding as
> well) who, if he'd had his way, would have taken a group of American
> university students on a hike around the Kakadu sandstone in such weather.
> The professor in charge agreed with him and it was only after I (their
> guide/lecturer) refused to go that he backed down.
>
> On another occasion a senior lady showed obvious signs of heat stress after
> a long hike, but the guide appeared not to notice.
>
> This issue is even more urgent now, with more hot days (we've probably had a
> record number of fire ban days this Dry Season).
>
> So please, if you're a visiting birder raise this issue with your guide or
> operator.
>
> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
> PO Box 71, Darwin River,
> NT 0841
> 043 8650 835
>
> PhD candidate, SCU
> Vice-chair, Wildlife Tourism Australia
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Ronda Green, BSc(Hons) PhD
Araucaria Ecotours
(advanced eco-certification on all tours)
http://www.learnaboutwildlife.com
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