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    Kakadu Park is a World Heritage site in northern Australia that was established as a National Park in the late 1980s to reconcile conservation, mining, Aboriginal land rights and tourism. It has over 1,600 plant species and is home to over half of Australia's bird species. Aboriginal settlements in Kakadu date back over 50,000 years, and the park contains many important Aboriginal rock art sites still used for teaching. Visitor numbers increased rapidly from the 1980s to 1990s, bringing economic benefits but also management challenges to the remote area with its ecological and cultural significance.

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    Kakadu Park is a World Heritage site in northern Australia that was established as a National Park in the late 1980s to reconcile conservation, mining, Aboriginal land rights and tourism. It has over 1,600 plant species and is home to over half of Australia's bird species. Aboriginal settlements in Kakadu date back over 50,000 years, and the park contains many important Aboriginal rock art sites still used for teaching. Visitor numbers increased rapidly from the 1980s to 1990s, bringing economic benefits but also management challenges to the remote area with its ecological and cultural significance.

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    Kakadu Park is a World Heritage site in northern Australia that was established as a National Park in the late 1980s to reconcile conservation, mining, Aboriginal land rights and tourism. It has over 1,600 plant species and is home to over half of Australia's bird species. Aboriginal settlements in Kakadu date back over 50,000 years, and the park contains many important Aboriginal rock art sites still used for teaching. Visitor numbers increased rapidly from the 1980s to 1990s, bringing economic benefits but also management challenges to the remote area with its ecological and cultural significance.

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    Case study Visitor mangement in Kakadu Park

    Kakadu Park is a World Heritage site in the Northern Territory of Australia. It was established as a
    National Park in the late 1980s. The establishment of the Park was an attempt to reconcile the interests
    of conservation, mining, Aboriginal land rights and tourism. Kakadu achieved World Heritage status in
    1992. Kakadu has a tropical climate, with high temperatures all year round (with a mean between 30
    and 37C). It has two seasons; a wet season from October to March and dry season from April to
    September. Heavy rain falls, particularly in January and February, and this causes widespread flooding in
    the riverine floodplains. The area has several large rivers and streams. The climate supports a complex
    tropical ecosystem and the only recent arrival of Europeans and European descended settlers’ means
    Kakadu is a major habitat for a large range of wildlife. Over onethird of Australia’s bird life is found here,
    over 120 reptiles and amphibians, 50 different fish species, 55 types of mammal, 300 species of ants,
    1500 types of butterfly and moth and over 1600 botanical species. In addition to the bird life, for many
    visitors the key attraction is the saltwater crocodile. Aboriginal settlements in Kakadu date back at least
    50 000 years. One of the major cultural components of the park is the large number of Aboriginal rock
    paintings. There are least 5000 known sites of rock paintings and, probably, another 5000 yet to be
    itemized. These are important living parts of Aboriginal culture, they are a repository of local knowledge,
    a source of teaching, manifestations of the spiritual made physical and a link between Aboriginal
    Dreamtime and the present. A number of these rock paintings are tourist attractions. The discovery of
    gold in the nineteenth century and uranium in the 1950s led to the creation of a framework in which the
    interests of Aborigines, conservation and mining could be encompassed. The result was that title was
    invested in Aboriginal peoples under the 1976 Aboriginal Land Rights Acts. Jabiru town was established
    at this time as a mining centre. Visitor management issues initially, tourism development was denied in
    some areas including Jabiru. By the late 1970s, with the establishment of the area as a National Park,
    tourism infrastructure was allowed. Visitor numbers increased rapidly in the period from the early 1980s
    to the mid-1990s (46 000 in 1982 and 220 000 in 1994). Visitors tend to be well educated, better paid
    than the average Australian. The average length of stay was 3–4 days in the mid-1990s. One of the
    major destinations is Yellow Rivers with over 75 per cent of tourists visiting. Here, the main tourist
    product is a wildlife experience, the opportunity to go bird watching and a scenic boat ride. Aboriginal
    involvement in tourism is significant, although not always direct. The most famous hotel in the area, the
    Gagudju Crocodile Hotel, is Aboriginal owned. The hotel owners also own Yellow Rivers Boat tours,
    motels and camping grounds. In addition to the group that own the The study of Kakadu National Park
    indicates a number of issues concerned with managing World Heritage Site visitors going to a relatively
    remote area that contains important natural attractions. However, some world heritage sites are based
    upon built attractions and the United Kingdom’s attraction Stonehenge is such a site. It is the most
    visited prehistoric site in the United Kingdom and is one of the world’s most important archaeological
    remains. The location of the site amongst other factors contributes to significant visitor management
    problems. These are presented in the following case study. Gagudju Crocodile Hotel, there are two other
    Aboriginal associations actively involved in tourism. Aboriginal groups obtain significant economic
    benefits from tourism. Considerable amounts of this benefit are ploughed back into sustaining the Park
    and maintaining the traditional lifestyle.

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