After the commercial whaling moratorium was enacted in 1986, whale-watching became one of the fastest growing tourism industries worldwide. As whaling was regarded as an activity that is incompatible with whale-watching, the possible resumption of commercial whaling caused an urgent need to investigate the potential negative effects of whaling on the whale-watching industry. We examine the potential impacts of whaling on the global whale-watching tourism industry using an unbalanced panel data model. The empirical results indicate that the resumption of commercial whaling has the potential for a negative effect on the global whale-watching industry, especially for nations that are engaged in commercial whaling.

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doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2011.12.015, hdl.handle.net/1765/76730
Tourism Management
Erasmus School of Economics

Kuo, H.-I., Chen, C.-C., & McAleer, M. (2012). Estimating the impact of whaling on global whale-watching. Tourism Management, 33(6), 1321–1328. doi:10.1016/j.tourman.2011.12.015