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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Jo Stewart

Do birders make good tourists? ‘In the 90s you’d get some deeply suspicious looks’

A female birder is looking up into the canopy of some trees to find a bird, in the Blue Mountains national park
Understanding the scale of birdwatching tourism in Australia has been difficult but a new report has found birders spend more than the average tourist. Photograph: Joesboy/Getty Images/iStockphoto

Birdwatching tours are selling out, bush resorts are listing local birds on their websites and caravan park owners are sharing tips about where to find certain species. All over Australia, birdwatching is having a moment.

A report released in April by BirdLife Australia reveals the economic impact of birdwatching tourism, with domestic birding trips contributing an estimated $283m to the Australian economy annually, much of this in regional communities.

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