I’m not much of a “Survivor” fan, but I was excited to see that this season was in Gabon. Here’s an interesting article that talks about how the show is made, its footprint on the environment and the potential boost it could have on eco and adventure travel to Gabon.
The show’s presence in Gabon comes at a critical moment for the country, which just six years ago created a system of national parks to protect its largely untouched landscape. That national beauty is reflected in the tagline for “Survivor: Gabon,” “Earth’s Last Eden.” Now, the Gabonese government — one of Africa’s most rich and stable, thanks to oil and other reserves of natural resources — needs to find ways to make that protected land profitable, introducing ecotourism in place of logging.
Looks like Gabon could be a big winner. Read the whole article here.
