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Gulf of Mexico
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The Great Invisible http://www.salon.com/2014/10/29/the_great_invisible_the_bp_oil_disaster_and_our_fossil_fuel_addiction http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/29/movies/the-great-invisible-on-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill.html

Elsewhere on the Web http://skift.com/2013/07/10/profile-of-a-wildlife-tourist/

Wildlife Tourism and the Gulf Coast Economy July 9, 2013

It is widely recognized that tourism plays a vital role in the Gulf Coast economy. Less commonly recognized is that tourism is largely a resource-based industry. The coastal environment of the Gulf of Mexico supports a $19-billion wildlife tourism industry, engaging 20 million customers annually in recreational fishing, hunting, and wildlife watching. An important economic driver for the five Gulf states, wildlife tourism involves hundreds of guide businesses and generates customers for thousands of hospitality establishments where wildlife tourists eat and sleep. Many business owners who were interviewed for this study expressed that where endangered ecosystems can no longer support wildlife, visitors have no reason to come. Restoring the Gulf Coast environment is therefore critically important to helping the region economically. [|VIEW REPORT >]