Articles tagged “giraffes”

Online Travel

Airbnb Upgrades Search and More Travel Stories This Week

In Skift's top stories this week, Airbnb makes a major modification, Tripadvisor appoints a new CEO, and the endangered status of giraffes exposes the fragility of Africa's wildlife tourism.

Mary Ann Ha | 2 years ago

Airbnb Upgrades Search and More Travel Stories This Week

Tourism

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism

The quiet, mesmerizing beauty of giraffes makes them marketing gold for Africa's wildlife tourism industry. But the world's tallest mammals are under threat from multiple forces, poachers, diseases, even climate change. Economics aside, conservationists are in a mad dash to hasten their decline.

Harriet Akinyi, Skift | 2 years ago

Giraffes in Peril Show Fragile Business of Africa Wildlife Tourism