Comments on: Ecotourism: Green Problem or Green Solution?

By: Hakeem

Hakeem — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:34:31 +0000

I think ecotourism should be a form of experiential learning for people to appreciate nature.Though it comes with a price but it should definitely inform, promote mental and physical balance of tourists as well as help in redistributing wealth because you can only sell what you have.

By: Ecotourism

Ecotourism — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:12:16 +0000

I can definitely see how ecotourism can be seen as merely disturbing to the wildlife and a waste of jet fuel especially since people enjoy mixing luxury travel with eco travel. However, if you do ecotourism right, do a lot of research on your destination and what you plan to do when there you can find eco hotels and tour companies that really make an effort to be environmentally friendly. Eco tourism can increase the traveler’s appreciation for nature, which is always a positive thing.

By: Chester Young

Chester Young — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:37:42 +0000

The problem that I have with Ecotourism is two fold: First, it always comes with a price tag and, secondly, it sounds as though something new is being invented.

I question motives when I see the multi-day packages selling for thousands of dollars. Ecotourism is a commodity to sell. Those who lament about it are selling it. I’m not buying.

Ecotourism is what my family calls “vacation”. Travelling from National Park to National Park for the past 50 years and RVing along the way makes me realize that someone is trying to repackage and sell what already exists.

Then who is buying?

I believe it is largely a population who has not discovered what some of us have known for an entire lifetime: Vacationing in Nature beats all!

What we have to learn now is how to be better visitors. And for this we depend upon organizations such as the Nature Conservancy to help us improve our citizenship in nature.

By: Eco-Friendly

Eco-Friendly — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:13:11 +0000

Eco-tourism is in a way, facing the same thing that Zoo’s and Aquariums have had to wrestle with: when is the benefit of education outweighed by the impacts to that in which we are educating about.
In simpler terms, when does the impact to the blue-footed boobies habitat surpass the benefit of educating people to save it.

By: Ecoturismo: solución o problema / Revista Atabey

Ecoturismo: solución o problema / Revista Atabey — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:30:39 +0000

[...] organización Nature Conservancy, publicó un artículo de opinión sobre el ecoturismo, titulado: Ecotourism: Green problem or green solution?, escrito por Matt Miller, quien es director de Comunicaciones en el Programa de Conservación de [...]

By: TimB

TimB — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:59 +0000

Ecotourism itself may not be bad, but the dependency on it is. It becomes like a drug, demanding more and more, and when it fails, the consequences are awful.

Ecotourism should only be used as a small (and undependable) part of a revenue stream that conservationists use to protect an area. Tourists are fickle and very sensitive to any type of disturbance – especially the combination of politics and violence (Kenyan tourism has still not recovered from the political unrest of 2007).