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World's protected natural areas receive eight billion visits a year

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Science Daily

Publication Date
2015-02-25

Researchers say that the first study to attempt to gauge global visitation figures for protected areas reveals nature-based tourism has an economic value of hundreds of billions of dollars annually, and call for much greater investment in the conservation of protected areas in line with the values they sustain – both economically and ecologically.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150224142933.htm