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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: NoBite on August 11, 2015, 12:25:38 PM

Title: Revenue for Africa: Hunting vs Ecotourism
Post by: NoBite on August 11, 2015, 12:25:38 PM

Can anyone provide me with a source of information on this topic? Lately I've read some claims that seem preposterous regarding the greater value of ecotourism and, thus, the inconsequential value of big game hunting in Africa. Seems like propaganda, but in searching for facts I've come up short. Any help?

Title: Re: Revenue for Africa: Hunting vs Ecotourism
Post by: tombogan03884 on August 11, 2015, 01:34:32 PM

I don't know about financial aspects, but ecotourism has not put a speck of meat in any Africans cook pot. Hunters on the other hand contribute whole animals.

Title: Re: Revenue for Africa: Hunting vs Ecotourism
Post by: alfsauve on August 11, 2015, 07:35:37 PM

They're not incompatible.  It's not a choice.   A country can have sightseers and hunters.

Okay I understand some eco-tourist might not want to go to a country that allows hunting.  They could organize a strick and withhold tourist dollars.  But I don't think there is a whole country that doesn't allow hunting in some form, is there?