Short Truths Ep. 15 - Hunting Tourism VS Photographic Tourism?

The question was posed to me: why do you Robbie differentiate between hunting and photographic tourism? Are they not the same thing - i.e., tourism? What's the difference? When you take a step back and really examine what the definition of tourism is - it's simply defined as visiting a location for a specific reason - whether that is to take a photo, take a drink, hunt an animal. It's all the same thing. There is an economic endeavor tied to that activity and at the end of the day both consumptive (i.e., hunting) and non-consumptive (i.e., photo tourism) from a wildlife perspective should have one common goal from their profits - wildlife conservation. If that's true, and they are honest to that goal, then there isn't really a difference. So here's my answer ... Do you have a question that we can answer on the Short Truths? Please DM us through Instagram, leave a question in the comments below, or email us at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices