Mark B Orams
Biographic Data
| ID | 217518 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mark B Orams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mark B |
| FAMILY NAME | Orams |
| SIGNATURE | ORAMS M B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Auckland University of Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6806-7891 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 68 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Foreign aid, human agency, and self‐reliance in the Pacific
Experienced photographer’s behaviour during commercial swim-with-wildlife tours
Capturing images has long been recognized as influential in wildlife tourism experiences. With the ubiquity of Web 2.0 in people’s everyday lives, images can now be shared instantaneously via social media platforms. The quest for ‘photo-trophies’ that can be liked, shared and reproduced may influence how tourists behave around wildlife. Trends such as the ‘wildlife selfie’, which requires closeness to unpredictable animal species, is gaining popu…
The Dream and the Reality of Blue Spaces
Escaping to sea by sailing boat conjures up images of idyllic anchorages and cocktails at sunset. In this paper, the authors reflected on the reality of extended voyaging to highlight how freedom and escape are relative and constantly negotiated. The authors utilize dialogue in the analysis of the data and draw on lived experience informed by immersion in the cruising community. The authors highlight how living at sea requires adherence to an 'al…
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to assess humpback whale behavioral responses to swim-with interactions in Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga is a one of the few countries worldwide that allow swim-with-whales tourism activities. Most of the tour operators are based in Vava’u archipelago which represents an important breeding ground for Oceania humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This study represents an assessment of the effects of swimmer approaches on humpback whales’ behaviour using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). UAV flights took place during the 2016 a…
Understanding the values and perceptions of base personnel to improve conservation management and policy in Antarctica
Perceptions of surfing tourism operators regarding sustainable tourism development in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
Surfing tourism has the potential to provide significant economic income and employment opportunities. However, the development of surfing tourism in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, has raised important questions regarding its impacts and sustainability. Economic leakages, increased pressure on the environment and resources, and adverse effects on local communities have been shown as the major barriers to sustainable development. This article pr…
Marine systems and tourism
Managing Outdoor Recreation
Send in the clowns
Since mediaeval times the joker, jester, fool, or clown has been a privileged individual able to comment upon social structure, and parody rules, and authority while remaining immune from repercussions. Similar functions are fulfilled by their modern counterparts, and a study of workplace humor functions revealed the existence of jokers who created and instigated many of the humor ‘events’ in the studied companies. The joker expresses alternative…
Ecotourism
Feeding wildlife as a tourism attraction
Tourists getting close to whales, is it what whale-watching is all about
Historical accounts of human-dolphin interaction and recent developments in wild dolphin based tourism in Australasia
World congress on coastal and marine tourism
Wildlife tourism
A conceptual model of tourist‐wildlife interaction
There are a wide variety of opportunities for people to interact with wildlife and the demand for these opportunities is growing rapidly. This range of opportunities can be viewed as a Spectrum of Tourist‐Wildlife Interaction Opportunities (SoTWIO). Within this spectrum are both situations where tourists view captive wildlife in facilities such as zoos and circuses and ones where tourists interact with wildlife in the wild, for example, in nation…
Tourism and Marine Wildlife
Tourist interest in experiencing marine wildlife in their natural environment is growing. In particular, opportunities for interaction with marine mammals such as dolphins are becoming increasingly popular. Such interaction between humans and solitary dolphins has occurred throughout history; however, the dolphins at Monkey Mia in Western Australia are the only recorded group of dolphins which regularly interact with tourists. A previously unrepo…
Send in the clowns
Since mediaeval times the joker, jester, fool, or clown has been a privileged individual able to comment upon social structure, and parody rules, and authority while remaining immune from repercussions. Similar functions are fulfilled by their modern counterparts, and a study of workplace humor functions revealed the existence of jokers who created and instigated many of the humor ‘events’ in the studied companies. The joker expresses alternative…
A conceptual model of tourist‐wildlife interaction
There are a wide variety of opportunities for people to interact with wildlife and the demand for these opportunities is growing rapidly. This range of opportunities can be viewed as a Spectrum of Tourist‐Wildlife Interaction Opportunities (SoTWIO). Within this spectrum are both situations where tourists view captive wildlife in facilities such as zoos and circuses and ones where tourists interact with wildlife in the wild, for example, in nation…
Tourists getting close to whales, is it what whale-watching is all about
Historical accounts of human-dolphin interaction and recent developments in wild dolphin based tourism in Australasia
Tourism and Marine Wildlife
Tourist interest in experiencing marine wildlife in their natural environment is growing. In particular, opportunities for interaction with marine mammals such as dolphins are becoming increasingly popular. Such interaction between humans and solitary dolphins has occurred throughout history; however, the dolphins at Monkey Mia in Western Australia are the only recorded group of dolphins which regularly interact with tourists. A previously unrepo…
Perceptions of surfing tourism operators regarding sustainable tourism development in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
Surfing tourism has the potential to provide significant economic income and employment opportunities. However, the development of surfing tourism in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, has raised important questions regarding its impacts and sustainability. Economic leakages, increased pressure on the environment and resources, and adverse effects on local communities have been shown as the major barriers to sustainable development. This article pr…
The Dream and the Reality of Blue Spaces
Escaping to sea by sailing boat conjures up images of idyllic anchorages and cocktails at sunset. In this paper, the authors reflected on the reality of extended voyaging to highlight how freedom and escape are relative and constantly negotiated. The authors utilize dialogue in the analysis of the data and draw on lived experience informed by immersion in the cruising community. The authors highlight how living at sea requires adherence to an 'al…
Understanding the values and perceptions of base personnel to improve conservation management and policy in Antarctica
World congress on coastal and marine tourism
Tourism and Marine Wildlife
Tourist interest in experiencing marine wildlife in their natural environment is growing. In particular, opportunities for interaction with marine mammals such as dolphins are becoming increasingly popular. Such interaction between humans and solitary dolphins has occurred throughout history; however, the dolphins at Monkey Mia in Western Australia are the only recorded group of dolphins which regularly interact with tourists. A previously unrepo…
A conceptual model of tourist‐wildlife interaction
There are a wide variety of opportunities for people to interact with wildlife and the demand for these opportunities is growing rapidly. This range of opportunities can be viewed as a Spectrum of Tourist‐Wildlife Interaction Opportunities (SoTWIO). Within this spectrum are both situations where tourists view captive wildlife in facilities such as zoos and circuses and ones where tourists interact with wildlife in the wild, for example, in nation…
Historical accounts of human-dolphin interaction and recent developments in wild dolphin based tourism in Australasia
World congress on coastal and marine tourism
Wildlife tourism
Tourists getting close to whales, is it what whale-watching is all about
Feeding wildlife as a tourism attraction
Ecotourism
Send in the clowns
Since mediaeval times the joker, jester, fool, or clown has been a privileged individual able to comment upon social structure, and parody rules, and authority while remaining immune from repercussions. Similar functions are fulfilled by their modern counterparts, and a study of workplace humor functions revealed the existence of jokers who created and instigated many of the humor ‘events’ in the studied companies. The joker expresses alternative…
Managing Outdoor Recreation
Marine systems and tourism
Perceptions of surfing tourism operators regarding sustainable tourism development in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia
Surfing tourism has the potential to provide significant economic income and employment opportunities. However, the development of surfing tourism in the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia, has raised important questions regarding its impacts and sustainability. Economic leakages, increased pressure on the environment and resources, and adverse effects on local communities have been shown as the major barriers to sustainable development. This article pr…
Understanding the values and perceptions of base personnel to improve conservation management and policy in Antarctica
Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to assess humpback whale behavioral responses to swim-with interactions in Vava’u, Kingdom of Tonga
The Kingdom of Tonga is a one of the few countries worldwide that allow swim-with-whales tourism activities. Most of the tour operators are based in Vava’u archipelago which represents an important breeding ground for Oceania humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). This study represents an assessment of the effects of swimmer approaches on humpback whales’ behaviour using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). UAV flights took place during the 2016 a…
Experienced photographer’s behaviour during commercial swim-with-wildlife tours
Capturing images has long been recognized as influential in wildlife tourism experiences. With the ubiquity of Web 2.0 in people’s everyday lives, images can now be shared instantaneously via social media platforms. The quest for ‘photo-trophies’ that can be liked, shared and reproduced may influence how tourists behave around wildlife. Trends such as the ‘wildlife selfie’, which requires closeness to unpredictable animal species, is gaining popu…
The Dream and the Reality of Blue Spaces
Escaping to sea by sailing boat conjures up images of idyllic anchorages and cocktails at sunset. In this paper, the authors reflected on the reality of extended voyaging to highlight how freedom and escape are relative and constantly negotiated. The authors utilize dialogue in the analysis of the data and draw on lived experience informed by immersion in the cruising community. The authors highlight how living at sea requires adherence to an 'al…
Foreign aid, human agency, and self‐reliance in the Pacific
Geography (14 works) · Tourism (13 works) · Business (10 works) · Political science (9 works) · Archaeology (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (6 works) · Environmental planning (6 works) · Ecology (5 works) · Marine animal studies overview (5 works)