A typical tour lasts three days and involves long forest hikes, climbing the 175m mount nienokoue and sleeping in tents. The tourist activity creates employment and the tourists spend money among local communities. "It is important that people see they can profit from conservation," said boesch, who said he has been inspired by wildlife-viewing programmes in rwanda and congo that have turned gorillas into tourist attractions which have benefited the local people. Since january, about 100 tourists have visited tai national park, according to the national forest agency not bad considering most embassies still discourage visits to tai because of the history of instability in western ivory coast.