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Bird-watching Tourism in Australia

To: Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Bird-watching Tourism in Australia
From: Laurie Knight <>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 12:24:54 +1000
At $55, I expect most people would opt for the free pdf.

It has obviously fallen into a time warp.

Its front matter indicates it was first published January 2010.
Looking at the list of references, there is a paper listed as being in press. It was published in 2004. This carbon dates the paper as
being written in 2004.

LK



On 25/01/2010, at 11:37 AM, Carl Clifford wrote:

And trying to get a budget for printing:-(

Carl Clifford


On 25/01/2010, at 11:43 AM, Clive Nealon wrote:


...peer review, I expect...:-)



Regards, Clive.




-----Original Message-----
From: Laurie Knight <>
To: Dave Torr <>
Cc: Birding Aus <>
Sent: Mon, Jan 25, 2010 8:35 am
Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bird-watching Tourism in Australia


Exactly.  Nature-based tourism is a rapidly evolving area.

This would have been a timely report in 2004.   I wonder what held
publication up for five years.

LK

On 25/01/2010, at 10:24 AM, Dave Torr wrote:

Indeed they do - but think back to 2002 and what was available
then. > How many of today's sources were around then (Twitter was
not for a > start!)?

2010/1/25 Laurie Knight <>
It is an interesting study Stephen, but it appears to be very dated > - the survey was undertaken in 2002-03.



I found the following paragraph (page 39) interesting:

"QTTC (1998) found the strongest markets for bird-watching tourism > destinations to be word of mouth and bird-watching magazines
(e.g. > ‘Wingspan’, ‘The Bird Observer’). ‘Twitchers’ in particular
appeared > to seek information from these, rather than more
traditional sources > such as travel agents, travel books or tour
operators. ‘Twitchers’ > were also more likely to use the Internet
for such information, the > Americans showing a greater tendency
than British for doing so. Our > own study supported the importance of word of mouth and information > (presumably including
publications) from natural history > organisations, but suggested
the Internet was not well used, either > by ‘dedicated birders’ or
by others. It is possible American bird-> watchers use the Internet for birding sites more frequently than > Australians and other
nationalities included in our survey."



I think twitchers make very extensive use of the net ...

Regards, Laurie.



On 20/01/2010, at 2:43 PM, Stephen Ambrose wrote:

The following report on the practices, needs and attitudes of bird- > watching tourists in Australia has just been released and may be of interest to
Birding-aussers.



Stephen Ambrose

Ryde, NSW



From: Samantha Kume 
Sent: Wednesday, 20 January 2010 3:14 PM
To: Samantha Kume
Subject: STCRC Tourism Research Release - Bird Watching Tourists



Good Afternoon,



The Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre has just released
research exploring bird-watching tourism in Australia. The research -
Practices, needs and attitudes of bird-watching tourists in Australia
included an extensive survey of national and international bird->
watchers.
Tour operators and accommodation providers who support this niche > tourism
sector also contributed to the research.



The report has delivered a more comprehensive overview of bird->
watching
tourism in Australia by:



*       Investigating the diversity and common features amongst
bird-watching tourists
* Determining what bird-watchers most want to see and do in > Australia
*       Investigating the role of the tourism industry in bird->
watching
*       Investigating bird-watchers' opinions and practices in >
relation to
conservation



Researchers have presented 18 key findings which will be of
interest > to
bird-watching tourism destinations, tourism operators and niche >
tourism
government departments.



To view the full report please click on the image below



<http://www.crctourism.com.au/BookShop/BookDetail.aspx?d=687>



We encourage you to forward this email to your colleagues. If they > are not already on our database please invite them to make contact so that > we can
advise them of future relevant research.



If you do not wish to receive further similar email alerts please > respond
via email.



Thank you for your time.



Kind regards,



Samantha Kume

Communications Executive



Direct Line +61 (0)7 5552 8129

Email: 



Sustainable Tourism Cooperative Research Centre

Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University QLD 4222 Australia

Telephone +61 (0)7 5552 8172   Facsimile +61 (0)7 5552 8171

www.crctourism.com.au



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