The Mayan Riviera's Bird Diversity
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 a tourism attraction that has not been extremely used even with its enormous potential which is bird watching.
Shulman, the bird watching specialist was accompanied by the editor of the website bellaonline.com; they visited the Muyil community, Sian Ka'an, Lake LuumKaan and the Xel-Ha archeological site, in order to discover the bird species that are inhabitants of the area and to do a report regarding its diversity that can be seen in their natural habitat in 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 Providing An Income Source For People In Mexico
Amongst the source of income which has not been greatly exploited in Mexico in this sector is the ornithological tourism. In line with a study which was made in the year 2011 by the Defenders of Wildlife and Teyeliz, Mexico is the fifth country in the world to possess a significant bird diversity, with about thousands of species, above 100 are deemed endemic; even so, it gets only 23 million every year from the bird watching attraction.
The Defenders of Wildlife estimated that 82 million bird watchers are Americans, 20 millions are from the country to conduct an ecotourism activity and 49 percent go to other nations. It is actually calculated that merely the travel and equipment expenses gotten to $ 35 billion.
The Trust for the Promotion of the Mayan Riviera Tourism or FPTRM helps to diversify the type of visitors to this type of tourism, with the spread of new tourism opportunities, such as bird watching.
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 a tourism attraction that has not been extremely used even with its enormous potential which is bird watching.
Shulman, the bird watching specialist was accompanied by the editor of the website bellaonline.com; they visited the Muyil community, Sian Ka'an, Lake LuumKaan and the Xel-Ha archeological site, in order to discover the bird species that are inhabitants of the area and to do a report regarding its diversity that can be seen in their natural habitat in 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 Providing An Income Source For People In Mexico
Amongst the source of income which has not been greatly exploited in Mexico in this sector is the ornithological tourism. In line with a study which was made in the year 2011 by the Defenders of Wildlife and Teyeliz, Mexico is the fifth country in the world to possess a significant bird diversity, with about thousands of species, above 100 are deemed endemic; even so, it gets only 23 million every year from the bird watching attraction.
The Defenders of Wildlife estimated that 82 million bird watchers are Americans, 20 millions are from the country to conduct an ecotourism activity and 49 percent go to other nations. It is actually calculated that merely the travel and equipment expenses gotten to $ 35 billion.
The Trust for the Promotion of the Mayan Riviera Tourism or FPTRM helps to diversify the type of visitors to this type of tourism, with the spread of new tourism opportunities, such as bird watching.
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Bird watching in the Yucatan Peninsula is a great experience. Onejungle.com has lots of Birding information.
