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Whale
Watching
Worldwide
Tourism
numbers,
expenditures
and
expanding
economic
benefits
A
special
report
from
the
International
Fund
for
Animal
Welfare
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Whale
Watching
Worldwide:
Tourism
numbers,
expenditures
and
economic
benefits
A
special
report
from
IFAW
–
the
International
Fund
for
Animal
Welfare
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Project
Lead:
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Researchers:
Roderick
Campbell,
Tristan
Knowles
&
Hernan
Cortez
Economists
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Large
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Francis
Grey
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Citation:
O’Connor,
S.,
Campbell,
R.,
Cortez,
H.,
&
Knowles,
T.,
2009,
Whale
Watching
Worldwide:
tourism
numbers,
expenditures
and
expanding
economic
benefits,
a
special
report
from
the
International
Fund
for
Animal
Welfare,
Yarmouth
MA,
USA,
prepared
by
Economists
at
Large.
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Large
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Whale
Watching
Worldwide:
Tourism
numbers,
expenditures
and
economic
benefits
A
special
report
from
IFAW
PREFACE...........................................................................................................................................................8
FOREWORD:
IFAW
AND
WHALE
WATCHING
1980
‐
2009 .................................................................................9
1.
W
HALE
W
ATCHING
AND
W
HALING
...............................................................................................................................9
2.
A
DDITIONAL
IFAW
PROJECTS
RELATED
TO
WHALE
WATCHING
.........................................................................................12
3.
W
HALE
W
ATCHING
AND
THE
I
NTERNATIONAL
W
HALING
C
OMMISSION
–
A
B
RIEF
H
ISTORY
..................................................17
EXECUTIVE
SUMMARY....................................................................................................................................23
M
AP
OF
THE
GLOBAL
DISTRIBUTION
OF
WHALE
WATCHING
COUNTRIES
:.................................................................................27
A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.........................................................................................................................................28
INTRODUCTION..............................................................................................................................................29
R
ESEARCH
M
ETHODS
...........................................................................................................................................30
L
IMITATIONS
......................................................................................................................................................35
GLOBAL
WHALE
WATCHING
2008...................................................................................................................36
REGIONS.........................................................................................................................................................38
AFRICA
AND
MIDDLE
EAST..............................................................................................................................40
S
UMMARY
OF
COUNTRY
RESULTS
.....................................................................................................................................42
B
AHRAIN
..........................................................................................................................................................44
B
ENIN
..............................................................................................................................................................45
C
ANARY
I
SLANDS
................................................................................................................................................47
E
GYPT
..............................................................................................................................................................49
L
OCAL
C
ASE
S
TUDY
:
S
AMADAI
R
EEF
,
E
GYPT
.............................................................................................................51
E
RITREA
............................................................................................................................................................52
G
ABON
.............................................................................................................................................................53
G
AMBIA
,
T
HE
....................................................................................................................................................54
K
ENYA
..............................................................................................................................................................55
M
ADAGASCAR
...................................................................................................................................................56
L
OCAL
C
ASE
S
TUDY
:
A
NTONGIL
B
AY
,
M
ADAGASCAR
..................................................................................................58
M
AURITANIA
.....................................................................................................................................................60
M
AURITIUS
.......................................................................................................................................................61
M
AYOTTE
.........................................................................................................................................................62
M
OROCCO
........................................................................................................................................................63
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