The Growth of ‘Botos Feeding Tourism’, a New Tourism Industry Based on the Boto (Amazon River Dolphin) Inia Geoffrensis in the Amazonas State, Brazil

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aut.relation.endpage15
aut.relation.issue1en_NZ
aut.relation.journalSitientibus : Série Ciências Biológicasen_NZ
aut.relation.startpage8
aut.relation.volume11en_NZ
aut.researcherOrams, Mark
dc.contributor.authorde Sá Alves, LCPen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorOrams, Men_NZ
dc.contributor.authorAndriolo, Aen_NZ
dc.contributor.authorde Freitas Azevedo, Aen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-07T03:37:38Z
dc.date.available2019-03-07T03:37:38Z
dc.date.copyright2012en_NZ
dc.date.issued2012en_NZ
dc.description.abstractThe Amazon’s reputation and ability to draw tourists is strongly associated with the natural environment and with tourist’s ability to sight and interact with iconic animals. In Brazil, four cases of aggregations of wild boto (Amazon River dolphin; Inia geoffrensis), becoming conditioned to human contact through food provisioning are occurring in Amazonas State, Central Amazon, where tourists can feed, touch and swim with the botos. The feeding of wild dolphins imposes significant risks, both for the dolphins and for the tourists, and these dangers are evident at Novo Airão City, which is the longest established of the four mentioned cases. There are few rules imposed, inadequate infrastructure and no specialized employee training or surveillance. Competitive, aggressive interactions between dolphins, pushing, ramming and biting are common and a number of dangerous interactions between the dolphins and tourists have been observed. It is evident that the establishment of this tourist-dolphin interaction is facilitated by the deliberate feeding of the dolphins and that this activity has become financially lucrative for local people. Despite bringing benefits to the region, the growth of this ‘botos feeding tourism’ activity in the Amazon is currently poorly managed and there is a high risk of injury or fatality if interactions continue to develop without improved and careful management.
dc.identifier.citationSitientibus Série Ciências Biológicas, 11(1), 8-15.
dc.identifier.issn1519-6097en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/12326
dc.publisherUniversidade Estadual de Feira de Santanaen_NZ
dc.relation.urihttp://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sitientibusBiologia/article/view/140/235
dc.rightsSitientibus série Ciências Biológicas (SCB) is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectSwim-with-dolphins; Amazon; Wildlife management
dc.titleThe Growth of ‘Botos Feeding Tourism’, a New Tourism Industry Based on the Boto (Amazon River Dolphin) Inia Geoffrensis in the Amazonas State, Brazilen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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