How will CASABIO stimulate tourism and job creation?
Biological tourism is big business and the number of people visiting Cape Town specifically in order to witness our amazing floral diversity, increases each year. CASABIO will be a great advert for Cape Town as a destination for plant and nature lovers , as well as a useful resource for tourists during their stay. It is hoped that CASABIO will also encourage Capetonians to pay more visits to our reserves, thereby generating valuable income for conservation. At the same time, the ability for local tour guides to learn more about our plants and to print out or download illustrated species lists for specified areas from CASABIO, will be extremely valuable.
