Wildlife Tourism and Its Impact on North Stradbroke Island

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Running head: Tourism and hospitality
TOURISM AND HOSPITALITY

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Abstract
The research project is about describing the facts and incidents related to wildlife tourism
specifically focusing on the North Stradbroke Island location. A research background is
present in the project describing the origin of the issues and their impacts. It also talks about
different cases related to wild animal attack on humans as well as counter attack from the
residents. The rationale of the study is to provide effective solutions for these issues that both
Tourists and the wildlife Habitat are facing in this area.

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Tourism and hospitality
Table of Contents
Abstract......................................................................................................................................3
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Background of the research....................................................................................................4
The rationale of the study.......................................................................................................4
Research aim..........................................................................................................................5
Research objectives................................................................................................................5
Research questions.................................................................................................................5
Methodology..............................................................................................................................5
Data collection method..........................................................................................................5
Data analysis..........................................................................................................................6
Ethics......................................................................................................................................6
Results........................................................................................................................................6
Discussion..................................................................................................................................7
Recommendation........................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Presently the wildlife tourism has become the central point of attraction to the people
throughout the world. Coupled with the digitalisation of almost everything, it has also
become easier to connect with the whole world just sitting in your home with the help of the
internet. Be it situated in any corner of the world people can now see the diverse culture and
natural beauty of all the wildlife location or places in the world. North Stradbroke Island is a
beautiful wildlife location with a wide range of beautiful wildlife animals and plants and an
unbelievably beautiful scenic beauty. The island is situated at the north Straddie of Australia.
The beautiful beaches and culture of the place attract numerous tourists every year to visit the
place. Tourists are overwhelmed by the adventure, surfing, the traditional festivals such as the
famous Quandamooka festival of the natives of the country and many more fun activities
offered by the tourism organisations. However, on the other side of the spectrum, it also
leaves a negative effect on the place and on the habitat too. Many problems are arousing from
these activities, which may adversely affect the environmental aspects of the place and
destroy the natural eco-balance of the surroundings and thereby deteriorating the ecological
footprint (Pirotta & Lusseau, 2015). In this study, these harmful effects caused by the wildlife
tourism to the place and on its habitats are discussed. Moreover, plausible solutions to these
problems will be proposed in the research paper.
Background of the research
In the recent era, wildlife tourism is gaining huge attention across the globe. Along with the
outburst of the human population, the number of tourists visiting these wildlife destinations is
increasing rapidly. Wildlife tourism is being regarded as the biggest business opportunity of
recent times all over the world. The natural beauty and the diversity of flora and fauna of
these locations attract the tourists towards these places. However, with the increasing number