Conservation-based elephant tourism: an importance- performance analysis.

Daminda  Sumanapala; Nilakshi Galahitiyawe; Isabelle D.  Wolf

doi:10.1079/9781789245868.0011

Conservation-based elephant tourism: an importance- performance analysis.

Daminda Sumanapala^*
, Nilakshi Galahitiyawe
, Isabelle D. Wolf

^*Corresponding author for this work

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This chapter presents the results of a visitor study undertaken in an 'elephant transit home' (ETH) in Sri Lanka. This ex situ conservation programme offers a unique experience of viewing rescued elephants that are raised and ultimately released to their natural habitat. The study (i) examines the importance and performance of various attributes of the visitor experience with the elephant conservation programme, and (ii) provides information to policy makers and relevant authorities on elephant-watching conservation tourism in Sri Lanka.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Elephant Tourism Business
Publisher	CABI
Chapter	11
Pages	134-146
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781789245882, 9781789245875
ISBN (Print)	9781789245868
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1079/9781789245868.0011
Publication status	Published - 2021

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