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Journal article
Wildlife Tourism: Extending Post-Experience Conservation Engagement Through Interpretive Nonfiction Narratives
Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Vol.2(2), pp.55-72
2022
Abstract
When complimented by effective interpretation, experiential wildlife tourism has been identified as a pathway to potentially transform tourists’ environmental knowledge and attitudes. However, such powerful engagement capacity is often diluted post-experience and the opportunity for its translation to behavioural change is lost. Utilising non-traditional forms of conservation-related messaging has the capacity to broaden the conservation potential of wildlife tourism by extending learning and prompting behavioural change. This paper explores the power of long-form nonfiction narratives to extend the learning from on-site interpretation and broaden conservation engagement. It is illustrated by the case study of collaboration between Dr Wong Siew Te, founder and Director of the Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre, and Dr Sarah Pye’s author of nonfiction narratives based on Dr Wong’s experiences.
Details
- Title
- Wildlife Tourism: Extending Post-Experience Conservation Engagement Through Interpretive Nonfiction Narratives
- Authors
- Sarah Pye (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- Journal of Responsible Tourism Management, Vol.2(2), pp.55-72
- Publisher
- Sarawak Research Society and Faculty of Hospitality and Tourism Management, UCSI University
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.47263/JRTM.02-02-04
- ISSN
- 2773-2796
- Copyright note
- All papers are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). For more details, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Sustainability Research Cluster
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99663598702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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