Feb 25, 2013 | Birdwatching tourism |
The economic value of birdwatching Many authors recently have noted that birdwatching (or birding or avitourism) can be lucrative for tour operators and ecolodges, and have flow-on effects that benefit local communities. Hotels and B&Bs in regional areas...
Dec 22, 2012 | Birdwatching tourism, Book reviews, Members' stories, News |
Birds of Palmerston in Australia’s Top End This is the title of a new book to be launched next month by WTA vice-chair Denise Goodfellow Goodfellow, DL and M Stott (2012). Birds of Palmerston in Australia’s Top End. Scrubfowl Publ. Darwin, NT. Denise Goodfellow...
Oct 17, 2012 | Avoiding negative effects on wildlife, Birdwatching tourism, News, Working in wildlife tourism |
Letter from our vice chair re Red goshawk (our rarest raptor) and birdwatchers behaving badly 9 October, 2012 The Hon. Matthew Escott Conlan MLA PO Box 8599, Alice Springs, NT 0871 [Copies to The Hon. Peter Chandler, the Hon. Bess Nungarrayi Price, and the Hon. Willem...
May 30, 2012 | Birdwatching tourism, News, wildlife news |
Rare princess parrot arrives in Northern Territory A possibly once-in a life-time chance for many birdwatchers to see the very rare and frustratingly unpredictable princess parrot: they have arrived in some numbers at Newhaven Sanctuary, 350 kilometres northwest of...
Jan 23, 2012 | Birdwatching tourism, Conservation of wildlife and their habitats, Members' stories |
Cassowary chicks at Cassowary House, North Queensland Great news for us here at Cassowary House, Kuranda was the return of our male Cassowary on Nov 29 with 5 tiny stripy chicks, the most he has ever brought in, with 3 or 4 being the usual; he has been gone for almost...
Dec 14, 2011 | Birdwatching tourism, Events |
TRIP to BORNEO BIRD FAIR, SABAH Denise Goodfellow (vice chair, WTA) In mid-September I received a letter from the Sabah Tourism Board inviting me to speak at the Borneo Bird Festival in mid-October. Sabah, in North Borneo, is one of thirteen Malaysian states and home...
