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The economic value of ecotourism

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Ecotourism is a type of tourism to conserve and improve natural rural areas. It fuses the ideas of environmental protection, cultural awareness, and low impact travel for vacationers.

It has three main goals. They are:

1. To economically and socially benefit local people

2. Conserve the existing culture and habitat of a region.

3. Prevent harmful impacts to the environment.

Ecotourism celebrates the hyper-local importance of regional biodiversity, nature and geography. It helps appreciate the beauty of animals and plants without impacting them with pollution, excessive water and energy use and overcrowding.

Countries like Costa Rica, Madagascar, Kenya, and Ecuador have adapted ecotourism very integrally.

Some of the possible economic benefits of ecotourism are that it can provide job opportunities to the local community which will provide them with a source of income and improved lifestyle for the locals. It can bring foreign currency into the country when the foreigner pays for entrance fees, local food, souvenirs etc.

According to United Nations World Tourism Organization there were an estimated 25 million tourist arrivals in 1950, but that number increased drastically by 2018, reaching an astonishing 1.4 billion tourist arrivals. In 2019, global travel and tourism contributed to 8.9 trillion to the world's GDP.

Ecotourism should also include education and interpretation for cultural bridge building. This fosters respect between staff, visitors, community members and increase its economic value. It not only maintains a healthy ecosystem but also provides economic support to those who need it.

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