Abstract
Research on dive tourism has focused on diver impacts, predive briefings, and dive master interference. Recognizing diver impacts on marine environments, entry-level certification courses discuss them and encourage low-impact diving; several espouse a code of conduct. Dive tourists, a significant portion of the diving population, are unlikely to move beyond basic certification. It is essential to impart sufficient knowledge for them to form codes of conduct in these courses. Using content analysis, this article examines environmental content across three agencies entry-level manuals. It highlights their environmental messages (positive, missed, and conflicting) and concludes that not all courses impart the knowledge required for divers to form personal codes of conduct.
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