Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination
In the Austral summer of 2014–2015 we surveyed visitors at the popular marine tourism destination of Koombana Bay, Bunbury, Western Australia to investigate resident and visitor attitudes towards the provisioning of the wild dolphins and their knowledge about the legal, social and environmental repe...
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| description | In the Austral summer of 2014–2015 we surveyed visitors at the popular marine tourism destination of Koombana Bay, Bunbury, Western Australia to investigate resident and visitor attitudes towards the provisioning of the wild dolphins and their knowledge about the legal, social and environmental repercussions arising from the unregulated provisioning of the dolphins. We report the data collected in our survey along with our preliminary statistical analyses and the survey instrument we utilized to collect the data. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ac23446e6f1440db0c04c6bc702246f2022-12-22T02:00:41ZengElsevierData in Brief2352-34092016-12-019C94094510.1016/j.dib.2016.11.020Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destinationGreg SimpsonDavid NewsomeAlicia DayIn the Austral summer of 2014–2015 we surveyed visitors at the popular marine tourism destination of Koombana Bay, Bunbury, Western Australia to investigate resident and visitor attitudes towards the provisioning of the wild dolphins and their knowledge about the legal, social and environmental repercussions arising from the unregulated provisioning of the dolphins. We report the data collected in our survey along with our preliminary statistical analyses and the survey instrument we utilized to collect the data.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916306801 |
| spellingShingle | Greg Simpson David Newsome Alicia Day Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination Data in Brief |
| title | Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination |
| title_full | Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination |
| title_fullStr | Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination |
| title_full_unstemmed | Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination |
| title_short | Data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination |
| title_sort | data from a survey to determine visitor attitudes and knowledge about the provisioning of wild dolphins at a marine tourism destination |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340916306801 |
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