Community Based Ecotourism – What is it?

Posted in Ecotourism, LORTON SCRIBBLINGS, Tourism Planning, Tourism Product Development, Tourism and communities This is the first in a new series of posts on Community Based Ecotourism Ecotourism is a frequently debated term. Sometimes it is used simply to identify a form of tourism where the motivation of visitors, and the sales pitch to them, centres on the observation of nature. Increasingly, this general sector of the market is called ‘nature tourism’. True ‘ecotourism’, however, requires a...
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Consumer education about responsible travel is critical

Posted in LORTON SCRIBBLINGS, Sustainable Tourism Just been reading a website for a lodge which claims to be providing an ecotourism experience while it clearly is doing no such thing. Yet another wake-up call. All the current interest in the environment and local cultures has created a dynamic economic engine that can spur healthy economic growth in underdeveloped areas, but also may result in unsustainable growth followed by rapid downturns,...
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