University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...
University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...
University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...
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Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature<br />
Table 1: The global market share <strong>of</strong> tourism<br />
(first two collums are numbers <strong>of</strong> tourists in 1999,2000)<br />
In many countries tourism has become the major source <strong>of</strong> foreign<br />
exchange earnings. For 38% <strong>of</strong> the countries in the world (especially developing<br />
countries), tourism is the main source <strong>of</strong> foreign currency. A sensitive<br />
introduction <strong>of</strong> alternative (nature based) tourism could contribute to develop<br />
their economies without all the negative environmental impacts that all the<br />
developed countries have already experienced. In the view <strong>of</strong> ecotourism there<br />
is a fair possibility that ecotourism, if properly introduced, would be a way to<br />
follow up on the economical development <strong>of</strong> already "developed" countries on<br />
the one hand - while avoiding the mistakes that "developed" countries have<br />
already made (the high pressure on resources and the environment) on the other<br />
hand.<br />
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