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The Pros And Cons Of Ecotourism

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4) Land use/ Ecotourism
Opponents Argument:
- One alternative to trophy hunting is ecotourism. “Wildlife-based eco-tourism generated an estimated $34.2 billion in tourist spending in 2013. In Zimbabwe, tourism provides 6.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product of the country, dwarfing the meager 0.2 percent that trophy hunters provide” (Markarian 2015).
- Hunting areas typically have lower animal density than national parks. “In total, for equivalent management levels, hunting areas play less of a role in conservation than national parks, which is fairly logical in light of their vocation. Hunting areas seem less well armed than national parks to deal with the future challenges that will be faced by protected areas” (UICN 2009).
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- The land allocated to trophy hunting can help to protect many different species that wouldn't otherwise be protected. If trophy hunting were to be banned, this land would likely be transformed to generate the most money (probably for agriculture or pastoralism), having negative impacts on wildlife and reducing available habitat.
- Trophy hunting can create conservation incentives in places where ecotourism isn't viable because it's economically unfeasible or too …show more content…

A few individuals of a species are enough to make people happy and maximize profits (Lindsey et al., 2007)
- Trophy hunting has a smaller footprint than ecotourism. A smaller amount of people provide a larger amount of revenue. There are less flights and less infrastructure leading to less habitat degradation. Also, hunters don’t mind hunting in less attractive areas that tourists don’t visit, meaning that more areas can facilitate hunting (Goldman 2016). Let’s also not forget that wildlife reserves get permits to kill lions and wildlife as well (Rust 2018)
- One alternative to trophy hunting is ecotourism. “Wildlife-based eco-tourism generated an estimated $34.2 billion in tourist spending in 2013. In Zimbabwe, tourism provides 6.4 percent of the Gross Domestic Product of the country, dwarfing the meager 0.2 percent that trophy hunters provide” (Markarian 2015).
- - The results of many unbiased studies suggest that most conservancies need both hunting and ecotourism to benefit from their

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