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ACTIVITY 2
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Exercises
1.
United Nations Environment Programme
What publications does UNEP have on ecotourism and
sustainable tourism?
2.
What kind of information can you
find in its Tourism
Focus newsletter?
URL:
www.unep.org
Background Information: UNEP provides leadership and
encourages partnerships in caring for the environment by
inspiring, informing, and enabling nations and people to
improve their quality of life without compromising that of
future generations.
3.
How does UNEP de
ne ecotourism?
4.
What does UNEP say about the environmental impacts
of tourism?
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QUESTIONS FOR REVIEW AND DISCUSSION
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1.
What is the de
nition of sustainable development?
2.
12.
What should be the goals of ecotourism for a tour
company? For the ecotourist? For the local popula-
tion? For the local government? For a conservation
organization?
What is the de
nition of sustainable tourism?
3.
What is the agenda for sustainable tourism?
4.
Why is climate change important to tourism?
13.
Differentiate ecotourism policy in developing and
developed countries.
5.
What exactly is ecotourism?
6.
Why are there so many different terms for this idea?
14.
Identify the principal limitations to ecotourism.
7.
Why has this concept become so popular?
15.
Referring to question 14, state some ways that these
limitations might be ameliorated.
8.
Give some examples of the resources necessary for an
ecotourism destination.
16.
Why is capacity so important?
9.
Are resources other than natural ones involved? Are
these meaningful? Explain.
17.
Why is it important to identify the values on which
tourism development is based?
10.
Describe the role of local people in ecotourism and in
sustainable development.
18.
Of what use are
in implementing rec-
ommendations to achieve sustainable tourism?
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principles
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11.
Why are preservation planning principles so
important?
19.
How much will consumers pay for environmental
friendly tourism?
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CASE PROBLEMS
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1.
Bonnie S., CTC, is an agency travel counselor. She has
decided that her agency
He has decided that his
firm would be more socially
responsible if his tours (by minibus) would obtain
practically all needs from local sources. Give some
examples of how he might do this and describe
the bene
ts that would accrue locally. (When discussing
this, include both economic and social bene
ts.)
s market area has a good
potential to sell more ecotours. How should Bonnie
proceed to identify prospective buyers of such tours?
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2.
As director of Ecuador
s national park system, Ernesto B.
has become increasingly concerned about the overuse
of Galapagos National Park. He worries that the current
popularity of the park
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4.
Upon graduation, you have secured a job as tourism
specialist with theWorldWildlife Fund. Your
first assign-
ment is to be a team member charged with helping
to formulate plans for some kind of wildlife protection
area in Zambia. This country is located in south-central
Africa. Its government is considering a new national
park and has requested expert assistance from the fund.
The president of the fund has made it very clear to the
team that such plans must also aim to improve living
standards for the local population. These standards, at
present, are grievously low. Most local people are
—
about 100,000 tourists each
year
may actually be sowing the seeds of destruction.
This situationmay be inducing a disastrous future drop in
visitornumbers.Outlinesomesteps thathemight taketo:
—
Ascertain the present quality of the visitor experience.
&
Remedy some aspects of overuse of the park to
ensure future success.
&
3.
Nathan M. is the local managing director of a tour
company specializing in ecotourism. His company
operates big-game and bird photo safaris in Tanzania.
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