Ecotourism originated in the 1980s, at the dawn of sustainable development, as a way to
channel tourism revenues into conservation and development. Despite the “win-win” idea …

The ecotourism literature is focused on market segmentation, ecological impacts of wildlife
viewing, and community-based ecotourism, but there has been minimal attention to critical …

Ecotourism has been credited with conserving biological and cultural diversity, alleviating
rural poverty, increasing public awareness of environmental concerns and strengthening …

This review of some of the key issues of ecotourism and nature-based tourism highlights the
complexity of using tourism as a tool for conservation. Five key benefits for conservation …

The new fifth edition of Ecotourism focuses on an array of economic, social and ecological
inconsistencies that continue to plague ecotourism in theory and practice, and examines the …

Ecotourism continues to be embraced as the antithesis of mass tourism because of its
promise of achieving sustainability through conservation mindedness, community …

" Ecotourism is generally defined as fostering sustainable consumption of natural areas,
including educative and conservation-supporting elements. It overlaps with and incorporates …

Ecotourism is a useful concept, but not a very well defined one. It has been debated in
theory and attempted in practice for nearly two decades. Its key goal is to reduce the net …

Ecotourism's appeal as a conservation and development tool rests in its potential to provide
local economic benefits while maintaining ecological resource integrity through low-impact …

Ecotourism is exploding around the world yet little is known about its possible and/or
projected impacts and implications. A number of general books have been written recently …