On 2015-10-25 14:44 , knarf wrote:
So-called ecotourism is having an impact on pristine areas of rain forests and other sensitive areas, all so rich Western folk can get up close and personal with orangutans (to use one example).
ecotourism is meant to be an alternative to more destructive practices such conventional tourism or extractive industries
i worked at an environmental magazine in the early 90s when concept was under development; there's no fixed definition of ecotourism, so the term is often misused, but i do think there's a net benefit when it succeeds in supporting a local population while reducing impacts compared to the other ways that population would have earned a living (e.g. slash & burn
it would be much less appropriate to use the ecotourism label for visiting places that would otherwise have no impacts
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