Table of Contents
Introduction
Data Sources
Overview
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- Figure 1: The wildlife tourism product, 2008
- Wildlife tourism habits
- The global picture
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- Figure 2: Range and spread of wildlife holidays offered by responsibletravel.com, 2008
- Development
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Wildlife Tourism Characteristics
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- International versus domestic
- Purpose of visit
- Age and gender
- Low volume, high yield
- Seasonality
- Average length of stay
- Wildlife tourists
- The International Ecotourism Society
- Key factors motivating growth
Sub-sectors to Watch
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- Bird watching
- Industry insight
- British Bird Fair
- Naturetrek
- Whale watching
- Industry insight
- Trends in the sector
- Wildlife cruising
- Demand
- Emerging destinations
- Madagascar
- Finland
- Product snapshot: Malaysia
Responsible Wildlife Tourism
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- Wildlife tourism policy
- Management of wildlife watching
- Marketing wildlife tourism
- Product snapshot: Canada
Case Studies by Country
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- Africa
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- Figure 3: Visitors to national parks, 2007
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- Figure 4: Top ten generating markets, 2007
- Industry insight
- Australia
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- Figure 5: Top five markets for wildlife tourism, 2006
- The Galapagos Islands
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- Figure 6: International arrivals from key markets to Ecuador & the Galapagos Islands, 2004-06
- India
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- Figure 7: Tourist arrivals from ten leading origin markets, 2006
- The polar regions
- The Antarctic
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- Figure 8: Tourism landings in Antarctica, 1992-2007
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- Figure 9: Sea, air and landed arrivals in Antarctica by nationality of leading markets, 2006-07
- The Arctic
- Industry insight
Wildlife Tour Operators
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- Discovery initiatives
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- Figure 10: Top five best selling UK-based wildlife specialist tour operators, 2007
- Naturetrek
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- Figure 11: Spread of bookings by continent and by top five best sellers, Naturetrek, 2006
- Peregrine Adventures (See also polar tourism)
- Reef and Rainforest Tours
- Saga Holidays
- Wildlife Worldwide
- Windows on the Wild
What Next?
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