Manta Ray Watching Tourism Staff Employment Counts by Season

Staff counts for operations actively participating in manta ray watching tourism. Calculations account only for respective manta ray watching seasons. The dataset is a 5.5 KB XLS file authored by Hannah M. Moloney and last updated on June 1, 2026.

Use Cases

• Estimate seasonal employment fluctuations in marine tourism based on staff counts.
• Assess the economic contribution of manta ray watching to local communities based on workforce data.
• Model the relationship between tourism seasons and labor demand in coastal regions.

Strengths

• Data is focused on a specific tourism niche (manta ray watching).
• Explicitly accounts for seasonal variations in calculations.
• Available under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is very small (5.5 KB), indicating limited scope.
• Row count and column definitions are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Hannah M. Moloney via figshare

Collection Method

Calculations based on staff employed in active tourism operations.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-01 17:40:35; freshness should be verified.