Tourist activity of whale watching evaluation in the Área Natural Protegida y Sitio Ramsar Complejo Los Cóbanos, El Salvador

• Published in: Revista Minerva
• Main Authors: López Martínez, Roxana Margarita, Pineda, Luis, Zetino Calderón, Ana Martha, Aparicio, Josseline Michelle, Sánchez, Jessica Xiomara
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Secretaría de Investigaciones científicas de la Universidad de El Salvador 2022
• Subjects: Avistamiento de Cetáceos; Los Cóbanos; Ballenas jorobadas; Megaptera novaeangliae; Turismo sostenible; Whale Watching; Humpback whales; Los Cobanos; Cetaceans of El Salvador; Sustainable tourism; Ballenas
• Online Access: https://www.camjol.info/index.php/revminerva/article/view/15602; https://doi.org/10.5377/revminerva.v5i1.15602

Whale watching is a growing tourism industry around the world. Since 2006, whale watch activities have been increasing in El Salvador in the Área Natural Protegida y Sitio Ramsar Complejo Los Cóbanos. This activity has provided an economic alternative to the local fishing community during the season...