Experiential and Learning Desires of Whale Watching Guides Versus Tourists in Bahía de Banderas, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15327264 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher D Malcolm (0000-0003-2825-8815, Brandon University, corresponding author), Rosa María Chávez Dagostino (0000-0001-9063-2957, Biology Department, Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico), Jose Luis Cornejo Ortega (0000-0001-7965-344X, Biosystematics, Ecology, and Management of Natural and Agricultural Resources Program, Centro Universitario de la Costa, Universidad de Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 524-537 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Dimensions of Wildlife (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-1209 • E-ISSN: 1533-158X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10871209.2017.1367442 |
| OpenAlex | W2752099363 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 39 |
Whales are popular tourism attractions in many coastal areas of the world. Although not without disagreement, vessel-based whale viewing is widely considered to be a form of ecotourism, in which experiential and learning opportunities exist to engender pro-environmental awareness and behavior. Guides are considered to play an important interpretive role in this respect, although there is little research that explores what guides themselves desire to impart to their passengers. Using quantitative and qualitative methods, we compared what whale watching guides in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (n = 9) desire their passengers experience and learn to that reported by the whale watchers themselves (n = 283). Guides placed a higher importance on education, while whale watchers indicated experiential elements such as viewing whales close up and spectacular behaviors. Furthermore, the guides held a strong view that emotional feelings of respect and love for whales were important for whale watchers to experience and learn about marine conservation
Archaeology · Experiential learning · Feeling · Fishery · Geography · Pedagogy · Sociology · Tourism · Whale · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Environmental Education and Sustainability · Marine animal studies overview · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |