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1,400 eyes keep a close watch on every tourist setting foot on the Galapagos Islands

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National Geographic

Publication Date
2017-05-09

Back in the 60s, just a dozen boats and hotels accommodated fewer than 2,000 tourists in the Galapagos a year [1]. Fifty years later, in 2016, more than 215,000 tourists were lodged in 76 cruises and more than 300 land-based hotels [2].

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http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2017/05/09/1400-eyes-keep-a-close-watch-on-every-tourist-setting-foot-on-the-galapagos-islands/