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Eco-Tourism Taking the "Wild" out of Wilderness

By AAN Staff
october 10, 2002  10:43 am
Eco-Tourism Taking the "Wild" out of Wilderness
Wilderness tourism in British Columbia is a $1.5-billion dollar business, but it puts wildlife at risk. Georgia Straight's Ben Parfitt looks at the degradation to the environment caused by hundreds of thousands of tourists from all over the world zipping around in Zodiacs looking at whales or skiing, hiking, snowmobiling and rafting. Many people, even some in the tourist industry, are beginning the see eco-tourism "as a snake swallowing its own tail," he writes.
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