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The world is watching the economics of whale-watching

Last edited 29 March 2001 at 9:00am
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Whale watching is a $1 billion USD industry, practised in more than 87 different countries and territories world wide, attracting over 9 million boat and land based participants per year. Total whale watching tourism expenditures have grown from an estimated US$ 504 million in 1994 to an estimated US$1,049 million in 1998 and they are continuing to grow.