Over the past five years, there has been no appreciable change in the perceived crowding of the GBR when on a recreational trip. The majority of people would recommend the destination they most recently visited to other people (92%, down from 97% in 2003). Likewise, 93% of people would return to the same destination in the future.
In general, people viewed the number of wildlife encounters, including fish, sharks, birds, whales and dugongs, as about right - neither too many nor too few. Likewise, the number of other vessels and the number of other people, in the main, were about right or it didn't matter.

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Citation and/or URL

Norris, A., Moscardo, G. & McCoy, A. Draft, Recreational use of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville, Australia

Office of Economic and Statistical Research 2008, Queensland  Household Survey Summary Report: draft report (unweighted data):  prepared for Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Queensland Treasury, Brisbane.

Spatial Coverage

Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Catchment Area 

Temporal Coverage

2003 to 2008 

Update Frequency

Not applicable 

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