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WEBCHAT 5    Ecoturism 
Is it possible to achieve?
 

1. Read the texts below and listen to the corresponding audios several times.

3. Interact in the course FORUM.

2. Mediate in chosen activities.

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New forms of Tourism

Ecotourism definitions

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      • Conserves the wildlife and culture of the area

      • Benefits the local people and involves the community

      • Is sustainable (generates profit without destroying natural resources)

      • Provides an experience that tourists want to pay for

    • Example of an Ecotourism Project

      • Nature Reserve

        • Allows a limited number of tourists

        • Uses the money generated for conservation

        • Employs local people as guides and wardens

        • The local community participates in the project development

        • Accommodation

          • Tourists stay in local houses

          • Not in specially built hotels

        • Transport

          • On foot, by boat, bicycle, or elephant

          • No pollution

        • Experience

          • Tourists experience the local culture

          • Lasting memories

Goals of ecotourism

There are lots of names for these new forms of tourism: responsible tourism, alternative tourism, sustainable tourism, nature tourism, adventure tourism, educational tourism and more. Ecotourism probably involves a little of all of them. Everyone has a different definition but most people agree that ecotourism must:

  1. conserve the wildlife and culture of the area.

  2. benefit the local people and involve the local community

  3. be sustainable, that is make a profit without destroying natural resources

  4. provide an experience that tourists want to pay for.

So for example, in a true ecotourism project, a nature reserve allows a small number of tourists to visit its rare animals and uses the money that is generated to continue with important conservation work. The local people have jobs in the nature reserve as guides and wardens, but also have a voice in how the project develops. Tourists stay in local houses with local people, not in specially built hotels. So they experience the local culture and do not take precious energy and water away from the local population. They travel on foot, by boat, bicycle or elephant so that there is no pollution. And they have a special experience that they will remember all of their lives.

Now, watch the following video to widen information about Nature Tourism

MEDIATION & FORUM
EXERCISE 1
Choose one of the four (4) types of ecotourism missing in the chart and write its definition:
Adventure Tourism, Nature Tourism, Alternative Tourism, Educational Tourism

EXCERCISE 2
According to the ecotourism goals given before, provide an example of  Ecotourism Project adapted to a selected area or region of your country.
Share your concept and project in the course Forum.

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