Can visitor satisfaction and knowledge about tropical rain forests be enhanced through biodiversity interpretation and does this promote a positive attitude towards ecosystem conservation?

Gough, Georgie; Woodland, Wendy; Hill, Jennifer

Georgie Gough

Wendy Woodland Wendy3.Woodland@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography

Jenny Hill Jennifer.Hill@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jan 7, 2007
Journal	Journal of Ecotourism
Print ISSN	1472-4049
Publisher	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	6
Issue	1
Pages	75-85
DOI	https://doi.org/10.2167/joe166.0
Keywords	tropical forests, biodiversity interpretation, visitor education, ecosystem conservation, sustainable tourism
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1030154
Publisher URL	http://dx.doi.org/10.2167/joe166.0
Additional Information	Additional Information : Equal co-author. This paper is the outcome of a project undertaken in the tropical rainforest of Queensland, Australia. A series of interpretive sheets were designed by Woodland and Hill and tested for their effectiveness in knowledge retention and understanding in the field using visitors to a rainforest tourist resort.