Case Study Ecotourism Sarawak Malaysia

Tourism is the fastest growing industries in the world, employing over 120 million people. LEDC’s use tourism as an aid to develop their country. While tourism can bring huge advantages such as employment, improvements to the infrastructure of the country it has to be able to balance this with the disadvantages tourism brings. Too much tourism can result in the harm to natural environment and mass tourism can result in the loss of local cultures and traditions. Ecotourism is the best way to develop tourism in areas which are seen to be important to preserve

Ecotourism - Characteristics of ecotourism - Conceptual Framework of Ecotourism

Conceptual Framework of Ecotourism

 

Ecotourism is defined as a “purposeful travel to natural areas to understand the culture and natural history of the environment, taking care not to alter the integrity of the ecosystem, while producing economic opportunities that make the conservation of natural resources beneficial to local people” (McCormick, 1994).   Based on this definition, the conceptual framework was formulated.  The  operationalization of the framework included an assessment procedure, the ecotourism standards and its corresponding management guidelines. and a communication plan. These tools were guided by the principles presented by Jeffries (1997) on biodiversity and conservation, Kersten (1997) on Community Based Ecotourism and Community Building, Kusler (1991) on Strengthening Resource Conservation through Ecotourism, and McCormick (1994) on how ecotourism can save a rainforest.   Furthermore, the experiences gained by Regis et al. (2000) from the Ecotourism project for the two municipalities of Sorsogon reinforced the management guidelines put together based on the Philippine situation. 

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Ecotourism Employee

                                                                         

The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) defines ecotourism as “the responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people.” Ecotourism is a growing industry with a wide array of opportunities around the globe. There are internship and volunteer opportunities, seasonal employment, or one could start their own ecotourism industry.  The travel and tourism industry is the largest business sector in the world, with over 230 million jobs filling ten percent of the global domestic product (TIES).