For instance, Belize began whale
shark tourism to find that the enthusiasm of swimmers were making the
sharks shy away,
at the risk of losing their chance to feed.
Isla Holbox is working on building up whale
shark tourism, but hopes that the restrictions placed on the
tourism operations, such as each boat requiring a license, that each boat can only carry a certain number of individuals, and that only one boat
at a time can be next to a whale
shark.