Profile of a wildlife tourist
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Skift Take
Tourism is a big part of Gulf Coast economy, and it has made a comeback post BP-oil spill, but lot more needs to be done on environmental conservation to keep building the economy back. Understand the wildlife tourist is a big part of that process.
The five Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Alabama and Mississippi are hugely dependent on their natural ecosystem, environment and the resultant tourism for their livelihoods. The BP oil spill highlighted that in a very tragic way three years ago. Now a report "Wildlife Tourism and the Gulf Coast Economy", from economic research firm Datu Research, handicaps the size
