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On Kangaroo Island and elsewhere, beware the lure of the luxury ecotourist

  • Written by Freya Higgins-Desbiolles, Senior Lecturer in Tourism Management, University of South Australia
On Kangaroo Island and elsewhere, beware the lure of the luxury ecotouristThe Southern Ocean Lodge on Kangaroo Island. Each new luxury ecotourism development becomes a precedent to allow future incursions.Southern Ocean Lodge/AAP

Kangaroo Island, less than 130 kilometres from Adelaide, is one of Australia’s ecological jewels. Tourism Australia describes it as a “pristine wilderness”, with cliffs,...

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