University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...

Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature
operations exceed the carrying capacity or not. These checked result in feedback
to tourism management plans.
Running ecotourism cannot be carried out by single ecotourism segment
such as local communities, tourist companies, and government agencies. Local
communities do not have much experience with establishing ecotourism
themselves, but they play an important role in conserving the wildlife
surrounding them. They need to learn from other tourism segments.
The tourist companies may have more experiences with tourist operation
than other organisations. They may play an important role in training and
advising the local people in ecotourism operation. They are also a bridge
between the local, regional, national, and international levels. They can help to
advertise and offer advises for tourism activities.
In order to set political guidelines for tourism operation, the government
organisations may play more important role. Establishing regulations is, of
course, contributed from many different disciplinary, including social sciences,
political sciences, natural sciences etc. Government agencies may need to be
given a high power for controlling over other tourism segments.
Scientific research institutes and universities may play an important role
in assessing natural attraction, including species components, abundance,
distribution and their situation in term of conservation and potential visibility for
ecotourism attraction. Later, they also help to monitor impacts and give
suggestions to environmental and wildlife management. The Charles Darwin
Research Station in Galapagos has acted as advisers for park management in
general and ecotourism operation in particular.
Why should we prefer ecotourism rather than conventional tourism
Tourism is a good source of income and because of that, mass tourism often
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