The Mayan Riviera Holds Great Diversity Of The Bird Species
April 16, in Playa Del Carmen - Leslie Shulman, a bird watching specialist from the U.S. came to the Riviera Maya in order to explore the bird watching tourism attraction that has been not extremely used even with its enormous potential.
The editor of the website bellaonline.com was with the bird expert biologist, Shulman and they visited Sian Ka'an, the Muyil community, Lake LuumKaan as well as the archaeological site of Xel-Ha, seeking to discover the species that dwell in this area and do a report on the bird's diversity which can be seen in their natural environment on the Mexican Caribbean.
The culture of the Mayan Riviera and the natural scenery of the tourist attraction that offers a nice ambience for those who like to contemplate include the collected data of Shulman.
Bird Watching As A Tourism Income Source
In this sector, the ornithological tourism is among the economic mother-loads which has not been extremely exploited in Mexico. In accordance with a study in the year 2011 by the Defenders of Wildlife and Teyeliz, Mexico is the fifth country in the world to hold a considerable diversity of birds, with about a thousand species, from which above 100 are endemic; nonetheless, it receives only 23 million annually from the bird watching attraction.
82 million Americans are bird watchers, and 20 million of whom travel within the country in order to perform this ecotourism activity and 49 percent go to other nations, as estimated by the Defenders of Wildlife. It's approximated that only the travel and equipment expenses arrived at an amount of $35 billion.
Because of the emergence of the new tourism opportunities like bird watching, the FPTRM or the Trust for the Promotion of the Mayan Riviera Tourism (FPTRM) provides assistance with the aim to diversify the type of visitors to this type of tourism attraction.
April 16, in Playa Del Carmen - Leslie Shulman, a bird watching specialist from the U.S. came to the Riviera Maya in order to explore the bird watching tourism attraction that has been not extremely used even with its enormous potential.
The editor of the website bellaonline.com was with the bird expert biologist, Shulman and they visited Sian Ka'an, the Muyil community, Lake LuumKaan as well as the archaeological site of Xel-Ha, seeking to discover the species that dwell in this area and do a report on the bird's diversity which can be seen in their natural environment on the Mexican Caribbean.
The culture of the Mayan Riviera and the natural scenery of the tourist attraction that offers a nice ambience for those who like to contemplate include the collected data of Shulman.
Bird Watching As A Tourism Income Source
In this sector, the ornithological tourism is among the economic mother-loads which has not been extremely exploited in Mexico. In accordance with a study in the year 2011 by the Defenders of Wildlife and Teyeliz, Mexico is the fifth country in the world to hold a considerable diversity of birds, with about a thousand species, from which above 100 are endemic; nonetheless, it receives only 23 million annually from the bird watching attraction.
82 million Americans are bird watchers, and 20 million of whom travel within the country in order to perform this ecotourism activity and 49 percent go to other nations, as estimated by the Defenders of Wildlife. It's approximated that only the travel and equipment expenses arrived at an amount of $35 billion.
Because of the emergence of the new tourism opportunities like bird watching, the FPTRM or the Trust for the Promotion of the Mayan Riviera Tourism (FPTRM) provides assistance with the aim to diversify the type of visitors to this type of tourism attraction.
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