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CURRENT ISSUES IN TOURISM
Volume 19, Issue 1, Pages 60-63Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2015.1121976
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Crocodylus porosus; wildlife conflict; wilderness recreation; crocodile attack; self-drive holidays
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Increasing numbers of retirees seek individual, extended, unstructured activities in remote, non-commercial locations. Travel is predominantly by self-drive 4WD vehicle towing a caravan/campervan. These 'grey nomads' often prefer remote bush camping sites/caravan parks to commercial resorts. The tropics - a popular destination - are inhabited by Australia's only large semi-terrestrial carnivore, the estuarine crocodile Crocodylus porosus. Conservation programmes of recent decades have resulted in a substantial increase in numbers. With naive grey nomads increasingly encroaching on crocodile territory, attacks are expected to increase. Review of conservation programmes to incorporate awareness education targeting grey nomads is therefore required.
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