Dive Industry Market Data

Snorkeling Participation Rate & Socio-Demographic Profile of a Snorkeler

Who are the snorkelers? How do they differ from scuba divers? Why aren’t they scuba diving?

Darcy Kieran (Scuba Diving)

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Scubanomics

8 min readApr 12, 2021

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Darcy Kieran is the author of the reference book “Scuba Diving Industry Market Size & Statistics.”

Darcy Kieran (Scuba Diving)

Written by Darcy Kieran (Scuba Diving)

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Scubanomics

Entrepreneur | Executive | Author | Radio Announcer | Scuba Diving Instructor Trainer — #ScubaDiving #Tourism — #Miami #Montreal #Marseille

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