The conceptual nature of marine research tourism has not been empirically studied;
The views of different marine research tourism supply-side stakeholder groups have not
been investigated;
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The study of the demand preferences of potential marine research tourists for different
research tourism products and benefits has not been investigated;
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A study of either land-based research tourism and/or marine research tourism across
Australia has not occurred;
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A tourism-system study of research tourism across a large region has not occurred.