Small sight-Big might: Economic impact of bird tourism shows opportunities for rural communities and biodiversity conservation.

ABSTRACT: Birdwatching is considered one of the fastest growing nature-based tourism sectors in the world. Tourists who identify as birdwatchers tend to be well-educated and wealthy travellers with a specific interest in the places they visit. Birdwatchers can bring economic resources to remote communities diversifying their economies and contribute to biodiversity conservation in areas of bird habitat with global significance. Alaska plays a critical role in understanding the link between bird conservation and bird tourism as it supports the world's largest concentration of shorebirds and is a global breeding hotspot for hundreds of migratory species, including many species of conservation concern for their decline across their ranges. Alaska is also a global destination for birders due to the larg

SUBMITTER: Schwoerer T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258859 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature