Australia has estimated the value of the Great barrier reef
Australia has estimated the value of the Great barrier reef SYDNEY, June 26. /Offset. TASS Pavel Vanichkin/. The great barrier reef, stretching nearly 3 thousand kilometers along the northeastern coast of Australia, often called the natural wonder of the world, the value of which cannot be expressed in money. Nevertheless, experts of audit and consulting Agency Deloitte Access Economics decided to try to determine the price of developing a special economic model, taking into account the influence of the Great barrier reef in all aspects of life in Australia. In the result, which lasted six months, during which there was even conducted an international survey with participation of residents of 11 countries, found that: “the value of total assets” of the reef is 56 billion Australian dollars (about $42 billion at current exchange rates). According to experts of Agency, the contribution of the Great barrier reef in the tourism industry