Whale Watching Worldwide

Acknowledgements:
Ines Carvalho (Projecto Delfim) and two operators
Senegal
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 Minimal N/A N/A Minimal Minimal Minimal
2008 Minimal N/A N/A Minimal Minimal Minimal
Capital City: Saint‐Denis
As in Mauritania, the potential for developing a whale watching
industry may exist in Senegal, although no formal industry has
developed yet. A feasibility study into small‐scale, community
based cetacean watching may be undertaken for the wider region
(West Africa) but has not been commissioned yet (Diallo, pers.
comm., 2008).
Between 1995 and 2005, inbound tourist arrivals to Senegal
increased from 280,000 to 769,000, an annual average growth rate
of 10.6%. As of 2008, it doesn’t appear that this large increase in
inbound tourism has led to the growth in, or development of, a more formal whale watching industry.
Acknowledgements:
Mamadou Diallo (WWF West African Marine Eco Region)
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