Whale Watching Worldwide

Main species: Small cetaceans:
bottlenose dolphin, short‐beaked common
dolphin, pantropical spotted dolphin, striped
dolphin
Tourists:
International 40%
Domestic 60%
Types of tours: Boat‐based, short trips, half‐day trips,
dedicated, opportunistic.
Average adult ticket price: $41
Estimated employment
71
numbers:
Main whale watch season: June to September
Acknowledgements:
Ivo Martins of Algarbe Seafaris, Maria João Fonseca of Vertigem Azul, Rob van der Linden of Algarve Dolphins.
Slovenia
Year Number of
whale
watchers
AAGR Number of
operators
Direct
expenditure
Indirect
expenditure
Total
expenditure
1991 None N/A None None None None
1994 None N/A None None None None
1998 None N/A None None None None
2008 21 N/A 1 $8,866 $4,431 $13,297
Capital City: Ljubljana
Whale Watch Locations:
01: Lucija
Whale watching emerged in 2002 in Slovenia as part of the activities
of a local marine mammal research and conservation NGO.
Therefore, programmes (land‐ and sea‐based) have exclusively
scientific purposes and the number of dedicated dolphin watchers
remains low.
Dolphin research camps are organised from Lucija (Portorož),
conducting research along the Slovenian Adriatic coast. From July
to September, the programme is offered for up to six participants
over ten days, costing approximately $420 per person. No commercial cetacean watching operating purely
for tourism is in place.
A constant population of bottlenose dolphins has been documented in this area of the Slovenian waters
(together with the neighbouring Croatian and Italian waters). Other species are rarely sighted.
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