Ecotourism

According to the Oxford dictionary tourism is the commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest. The Cambridge dictionary mentions that tourism is the business of providing services such as transport, places to stay, or entertainment for people who are on holiday. The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) indicates that tourism comprises the activities of people travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one…

The issue of Indigenous Land Rights raised by tourism and why indigenous people and their land rights are fundamental for sustainable tourism. Canadian Indigenous issue. The Inuvialuit community in Arctic Canada sees their land as caretakers of their territory and land rights enable indigenous individuals to settle in an area that has a place with a country state as a result of a constant use and occupation all through time authority is called ‘ancestral title. Indigenous individuals have…

entail that measures must be taken to address all the needs and concerns of local communities to ensure equitable sharing of benefits from tourism. The tourist potentials of the Mambilla plateau have been highlighted by Galtima (2005). This include ecotourism and cultural…

Sparring partner Marshall McLuhan said, “All media exist to invest our lives with artificial perceptions and arbitrary values”. Yet media is very important in how so many people get to know the world around them. For example, when the lower and middle class do not interact with the upper class, it is impossible for them to understand about the upper class. The only way most of the other classes understand the upper class is through media portrayal. Media is one of the biggest network in the…

The ISTTC: Helping Citizens Co-Exist Globally Ritzer & Dean (2015) “Globalization has allowed the flow of people to engage in tourism and travel to far places across the world” (p. 289). Ritzer & Dean (2015) “Global tourism has increased over the years, as increasing numbers are able to use low-priced, high speed transportation to travel to remote places such as the Galapagos Islands or temples of Angkor Wat (2015). Sociologist Zigmunt Bauman (1998) suggests that while globalization may be the…

no more political violence. The Costa Rican rainforest is 23910 square kilometers in size, it takes up 46.8% of Costa Rica. At one point all of Costa Rica was covered in Forest but the natives burned it down to have room for cattle (Butler). The ecotourism has become one of the most important source of revenue for Costa Rica. The tourist come to see the five different layers of the rainforest. They are the emergent, canopy, understory, the shrub layer, and the ground layer (Costa Rica 21). In…

Negative Impacts of Tourism on the Big Island Hawai’i Island, Hawaii, otherwise known as the Big Island, is the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago. The Big Island’s population was estimated to be 196,428 in 2015 (Census 2015). The number of tourists per year far exceeds the number of residents. In 2014, the number of tourists that visited the Big Island reached 1,445,939 (Big Island Now). With record setting highs in visitor numbers, the island must keep up with the continual demand for…

Paul works for VSA in Bougainville, whom works closely with the tourism industry in Bougainville, particularly with a company called Rokotas Ecotourism. Despite Rokotas Ecotourism being a great organisation that truly cares about the good of the environment and community, again it is easier said than done to generate sustainable development. This is particularly true in developing countries, because they simply…

fulfill their primitive psychological needs, they also provide massive benefits of a more lucrative form. Ultimately, use allows for ever-increasing economic gains. While extraction industries are a large source of these gains, those derived from ecotourism and recreation are exceedingly more prominent. Regardless of the type of recreational activity, costs are often associated. The money visitors spend on entry, permits, licensing, lodging, campsites, fuel, food, and gear, all trickles back…

mountain gorillas in Rwanda. Yes. Dian Fossey, a prominent primatologist, cut a deal with the local communities to stop poachers by providing alternative sources of income and employment opportunities. She worked with the communities to develop ecotourism initiatives and sustainable livelihood programs, which helped reduce their reliance on poaching for income. Additionally, she collaborated with government authorities to strengthen law enforcement and anti-poaching efforts in the…