They want to go down and stay in warm cabins in the winter, maybe buy a car and drive, there's a big appeal to the modern life. The hardships of the traditional life as a reindeer herder certainly play a factor. Hamid Sardar-Afkhami More Quotes by Hamid Sardar-Afkhami More Quotes From Hamid Sardar-Afkhami Tourism's a big source of income nowadays, they're making considerable money off tourists. Hamid Sardar-Afkhami top-news They're the last of their kind, even if they survive, if they leave the reindeer herding culture that distinguishes them, their culture will die. Hamid Sardar-Afkhami top-news The number of families has fallen because a lot of them have been synthesized with the mainstream community, many of them have moved to the towns and even to the capital cities. Hamid Sardar-Afkhami top-news