I don't think it's true that "most American birdwatchers are women". In the
field, it's quite the opposite. But it does appear to be true that more
women than men pay for organised bird tours.
Gary
--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Denise Goodfellow <> wrote:
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Subject: info on avi tourism
To: "Bob Ashford" <>, "Patti Ainsworth"
<>, "Birding Aus" <>
Received: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 6:09 PM
Hi Bob
I've also replied to Patti.
The USA parks and Wildlife have stats useful for me (the latest report being
2006), but then again my PhD is on American birdwatchers visiting Aus.
Several sources such as the US Office of Travel & Tourism Industries
mention
numbers of ecotourists or nature-based tourists, and although those markets
appear to be dominated by birdwatchers, there are no useful statistics that
I've found.
The other information you might find useful for chasing up sites is that
most American birdwatchers (like ecotourists and nature-based tourists)
appear to be women.
Regards
Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
PO Box 3460 NT 0832, AUSTRALIA
Ph. 61 08 89 328306
Birdwatching and Indigenous tourism consultant
PhD Candidate
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on 3/12/08 10:59 AM, Bob Ashford at wrote:
> Hi Patti
>
> Ive been trying to get this info for some time
> Little appears to be available though I understand some early research has
> commenced. Cant remember who.
> In addition to the USA Parks & Fisheries survey done in 1991 (which I
think
> may have been updated) the RSPB (UK) also has some papers on the value of
> Avitourism which may be useful (at least extrapolated)
>
> If you do hook a fish would you be kind enough to let the rest of
> Birding -Aus know or contact me direct
> Tks
> Bob Ashford
> 02 4464 1574
>
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