South Africa: Game Farms Growing as Pillar of Tourism Economy

Johannesburg — GAME farming and hunting is becoming an increasingly important pillar in the economic development of the country, with an enormous capacity to improve the social, economic and cultural life of local communities, a study says.

According to Prof Melville Saayman, a specialist in tourism economics, management and development at North West University, the study's results have dismissed myths about the perceived negative effects of game farming, the quality of its jobs and its input to the economy as compared to conventional livestock farming.

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