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• Local participation and benefits.
• Sustainable tourism can only be sustainable when it is designed in the framework of
sustainable development.
Strategy
• Tourism as a development tools must sensitive to fulfill the requirements of many stakeholder
groups.
• Relationship between ecotourism and indigenous people is necessary
• Good partnership is necessary to ensure a high quality product is delivered and tourism
experiences rely on aspects of communities.
• Education at all levels in different aspects of ecotourism
• Lack of capacity to link ecotourism directly with the market of developed country is the main
reason of income leakage
• Eco-lodge: a nature dependent tourist lodge that meets the philoshopy and principle of
ecotourism
Risks and limitations
• Manage nature and cultural resources
• Minimise energy and waste
• Example of successes are few
• Risk of turning ecotourism to mass tourism and local community to commercial control
Core indicators of sustainable tourism
• Site protection
• Stress
• Use intensity
• Social impact
• Development control
• Waste management
• Critical ecosystems
• Consumer satisfaction
• Local satisfaction
• Contribution to local economy
• Sustainable tourism is crucial to promote a positive park people relationship.
• Sixty-one percent of Americans believe their experience is better when their destination
preserves its unique natural, historic, and cultural sites
• The rationale behind ecotourism is that local tourism businesses would not destroy natural
resources but would instead support their protection.
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