Tourism hugely contributes to the guardianship of world wildlife, producing 5.2 times the revenue attributed to the illegal trade in animals.
Contributing US$ 120.1 billion to global GDP, as opposed to US$ 23 billion in revenue from unlawful wildlife trade.
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Globally, 21.8 million jobs are accredited to wildlife tourism. The equivalent of the total populations of Botswana, Namibia, Burundi and the Central Africa Republic.
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