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ECOTOURISM
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ECOTOURISM

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Ecotourism is a travel to natural area with an aim of conservation and at the same time
appreciating and enjoying nature responsibly.
As Angelica Zambrano et al(2010) described it, what differentiates ecotourism from
conventional tourism is that it, ecotourism, has an entitled agenda and responsibility to conduct
productive tourism activities towards conservation of the environment and enhancing the
livelihood of the communities: culture, education and economy. This sets it apart from the
normal tourism which only involves the tourism benefiting recreationally and no regards for the
natives. In their article on eco-tips and travel, the nature conservancy pointed out that to practice
ecotourism, tourists should be careful as to not have any impact on the natural environment. The
sensitivity around nature conservation has led to this highly, supposed to be, ethical form of
tourism. The major advantage of ecotourism is that it brings forward a sustainable environment
natural, economic and cultural.
Despite the numerous campaigns on the matter, according to an article by Christie Wilcox for the
Washington Post (2015) on Kona in Hawaii as a case study, it has not yet been achieved since
tourists are ignorant of the responsibility they have on the wildlife considering their actions
towards the corals and the manta rays on the shore. Mantas are much endangered since the
tourists and the fishermen deplete both the pla...


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