Wetlands - Places to play and learn

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Tourism is a growing business, with around a billion international tourists visiting destinations across the world every year. With half of international tourists travelling to wetlands, the tourism expenditure linked to these special water ecosystems is Wetlands – Places to play and learn Every year World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2 February on the anniversary of the signing in 1971 of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. estimated at around US$925-billion a year. This does not even include domestic tourism and recreational day trips. Truly the economic value generated by tourism to wetlands is enormous.

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