Caribou, Bears, and People Who Want to See Them
The North has wildlife that exists almost nowhere else. Caribou herds numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Grizzlies. Wolves. Moose. Musk oxen.
People want to see this. They'll pay to see this.
But tourism has costs.
The Tourism Landscape:
Yukon:
- ~500,000 visitors/year (pre-pandemic)
- Northern lights, Klondike heritage, wilderness
- Cruise ships to Skagway bring day-trippers
- Tourism: Significant economic sector
Alaska: