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 …

Ecotourism, natural resource conservation, and local livelihood are one of the most talked-
about issues globally. It is seen as nature-based tourism that addresses two primary …

Ecotourism has been widely championed by academics and practitioners as a potential
contributor of conservation and development. However, others have questioned whether …

This paper examines the role of community-based ecotourism within the developing market
dynamics of the blue economy. The blue economy has become synonymous with …

The paper aims to provide a description of the vision and present practices of ecotourism.
Promotion of local livelihoods through ecotourism has been widely considered as an …

The impact of conservation policies on human wellbeing is critical to the integration of
poverty alleviation and biodiversity conservation. In many low-income countries, human …

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 …

Tourism and hunting both generate substantial revenues for communities and private
operators in Africa, but few studies have quantitatively examined the trade‐offs and …

Doubt persists about ecotourism's ability to make tangible contributions to conservation and
deliver benefits for host communities. This work in Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula tests the …

A large part of the literature analyzing the links between biodiversity conservation and
community development assumes that nature-based tourism managed by indigenous …