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Is Elephant Tourism As Bad As We Think?

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  • Saturday , April 18 2020

A growing community of influencers and tourists in the West are calling for an end to elephant tourism. But is it as bad as they claim? Dena Takruri heads to Thailand to find out why there are so many elephants in tourism and to meet with locals whose voices have been left out of the debate. Now that tourism has taken a hit due to the coronavirus pandemic, how are the elephants and the people who care for them affected?

Read more about elephant tourism:

https://skift.com/2019/12/12/the-complicated-business-of-saving-elephant-tourism-a-skift-deep-dive/
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/special-reports/1775824/the-elephant-in-the-room?fbclid=IwAR1wmvo6fYzmOBurwj49g0r-YRFdtuUdnH4FgRpStlLNPw7Ja0Hd5OKzKZ8
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0221537
https://goodtourismblog.com/2019/03/elephants-are-smart-what-if-tourism-jobs-good/
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/world/asia/coronavirus-thailand-elephants.html

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