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Towards a good practice user pays system for Australian protected areas

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Hughes, Michael
Carlsen, Jack
Crilley, G.
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2009
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Conference Paper

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Hughes, Michael and Carlsen, Jack and Crilley, Gary. 2009. Towards a good practice user pays system for Australian protected areas, in Jack Carlsen, Michael Hughes, Kirsten Holmes and Roy Jones (ed), 18th CAUTHE conference: See Change: Tourism and Hospitality in a Dynamic World, Feb 10 2009. Fremantle, Western Australia: Promaco.
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Proceedings of the 18th Council for Australian University Tourism and Hospitality Education Conference, 2009
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18th CAUTHE conference: See Change: Tourism and Hospitality in a Dynamic World.
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Curtin Business School
The Curtin Sustainable Tourism Centre
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CRC for Sustainable Tourism (CRC)
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This paper presents results from research into the spectrum of protected area user pays systems in Australia based on a review of the literature and interviews with protected area managers. The project aimed to identify examples of good practice across a diversity of systems in order to provide guidelines for an effective approach to user pays management. It was found user pays systems are unique to each State and significantly shaped by state based political and historical influences. A one size fits all model for Australia is not practical though some key good practice elements were identified for future improvement of user pays systems.