Using this information, a new tourism-system of key stakeholder‘s views of MRT in
Australia can be derived (Figure 5.21). This system is based on Moscardo et al.‘s (2004) supply and
demand tourism-system and shows eight tourism system components that are likely to contribute to
changes in MRT across Australia. Significantly, when compared to Moscardo et al.‘s (2004)
tourism system model, this new tourism system has two new components. They are 1) desired
research, conservation and community involvement characteristics (Component 8); and 2) research,
conservation and community involvement constraints (Component 7). That is, in terms of
Moscardo et al.‘s (2004) tourism-system, 1) MRT activity preferences; and 2) the choice of MRT
locations and activities are also dependent upon those two factors. That is, MRT is not only
dependent on tourism product opportunities and issues but also clearly dependent on various marine
research, conservation, and community involvement characteristics and constraints