WEBCLASS 5 Ecoturism
1. Read the following text and listen to the corresponding audio several times.
2. Call attention to PRONUNCIATION, VOCABULARY and GRAMMAR structures present in the text.
To study Grammar and Vocabulary points, review the spotlighted
elements chosen for this lesson in the Complemento Gramatical booklet attached.
Grammar and Vocabulary booklet (Complemento Gramatical)
Modifiers and Comparatives
pp. 21-26
Verbs forms and Tenses
pp. 31-50
Online Dictionaries:
3. Complete the assigned tasks specified in the Week 5 brochure.
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:
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conserve the wildlife and culture of the area.
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benefit the local people and involve the local community
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be sustainable, that is make a profit without destroying natural resources
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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.