Report commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and carried out by Economists at Large shows that, in 2008, more than 13 million people took part in whale watching around the world, generating US$2.1 billion in tourism expenditure.

A report commissioned by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and undertaken by Economists at Large over the past year is nearing completion, and will be the most comprehensive review of global whale watching tourism since 2001.

Economists at Large are increasingly 'economists without borders', with consultants having been involved in projects in Indonesia and Laos.  As well as this, for the current global whale watching project, EcoLarge has a team of economists working across four continents and speaking ten languages.