Safaris That Bring $29 Billion to Africa Threatened by Virus
- Safaris at a near halt are sapping conservation funding
- Hardest hit are countries boasting the Big Five and gorillas
An elephant walks in Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Photographer: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
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Africa’s wildlife tourism industry, which usually generates $29 billion a year and employs 3.6 million people, is under threat as the coronavirus has brought leisure travel to a near halt, a report published in Nature Ecology & Evolution said.