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Visitation hotspots in the Marine Park
Whilst tourism operations visit the length and breadth of the Reef, visits to the Reef remain concentrated in the areas offshore Cairns, Port Douglas and the Whitsundays. These areas equate to 7.37 per cent of the entire Marine Park and yet experience 85 per cent of the visits.
- 2006/2007 Visitation hotspots
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The GBRMPA has prepared Plans of Management for areas that are intensively used or are particularly vulnerable. These Plans of Management protect the nature conservation values, cultural and heritage values, and/or scientific values of the areas whilst providing for a range of experiences.
Citation and/or URL
EMC data, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, 2007
Spatial Coverage
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Temporal Coverage
2006-07
Update Frequency
Quarterly
Other Information
None
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