Ecotourism: A panacea or a predicament?

Das, Madhumita; Chatterjee, B.

doi:10.1016/j.tmp.2015.01.002

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“…The word 'ecotourism' is to attract customers, and thereby generate more income. Many protected areas in developing countries is found to be poorly planned, with the infrastructure and management inadequate even unsuitable for ecotourism (Das & Chatterjee, 2015). Isaacs (2000) criticizes ecotourism as a wildlife conservation strategy for its inability to insure the long term protection of environmental assets.…”

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Critical Views of Mainstream Approaches on Ecotourism

Erdogan¹

2017

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Mainstream approaches ecotourism focus on the main idea that the tourism activities employ the kinds of sustainability that are economically viable, ecologically maintainable and socially equitable. Hence, ecotourism is considered a special type of sustainable tourism that aims at responsible use of natural, cultural and historical resources, and it simultaneously contributes to the local and national development and the protection of natural areas. This paper presents critical assessment of the mainstream explanations about the nature of ecotourism. To do so, the critical views in the related literature are collected, reviewed and presented. Their criticisms include the central assumptions and explanations provided by the mainstream scholars about ecotourism, such as definition, goals and outcomes of ecotourism, business practices, environmental sustainability, ethics and tourism policy. It is clear that critical approaches come up with explanations that are diametrically different and, thus reject the validity of the mainstream approaches.

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Critical Views of Mainstream Approaches on Ecotourism

Erdogan¹

2017

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“…Some of the significant challenges are social and structural legitimacy, government accountability, environmental degradation, social inequality and socio-economic impacts of tourism on host communities [13]. However, the low level of participation of local communities in knowledge exchange, environmental management and the decision-making processes, are some of the most important critical situations in these ecosystems [14,15].…”

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“…It has been shown that collaborative actions have become the basis for the development of environmentally sustainable tourism [1,2]. Since not all natural spaces can be managed properly through government regulation alone, an active involvement of a wide range of stakeholders from the public, private and non-profit sectors is required.…”

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Collaborative networks and tourism management of Peri-Urban forests

Cruz¹,

Albrecht²,

Briones³

2016

Int. J. SDP

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El Chico National Park (ECNP) is one of the most important peri-urban forests in the state of Hidalgo. Tourism management of this park involves numerous stakeholders with different needs, resources and perceptions of nature. There are four forest communities that are involved in the use of this park for tourism activities, but there are other stakeholders: federal government agencies, state government agencies, municipalities, unorganized smallholder entrepreneurs. Tourism management of this peri-urban forest is a complex issue, particularly, when decision-making processes are centralised by government bodies. This study explores the relationships' structure among government agencies and Community Tourism Associations (CTAs) based on the tourism management of ECNP. This study presents a descriptive analysis of collaborative networks among the park's stakeholders, using a qualitative research approach.

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“…One of the major subsections of tourism industry is ecotourism which is defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people (The International Ecotourism Society, 1990). Although ecotourism has many benefits particularly for the economy of remote areas (Das & Chatterjee, 2015;Holland et al, 2003;Riasi & Pourmiri, 2015), some critics believe that it can have detrimental impacts on the environment (Das & Chatterjee, 2015). Therefore, many authors suggest that tourism industry in general, has to grow sustainably and environmental issues should be taken into consideration very carefully (Balmford et al, 2002;Holden, 2003;Mihalic, 2000;Riasi & Pourmiri, 2015;Sharpley, 2000;Tepelus & Cordobci, 2005).…”

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Examples of Unsustainable Tourism in Middle East

Riasi

Pourmiri

2016

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Tourism industry is growing at phenomenal rates and in most cases this growth is associated with irreversible damages to the environment and tourist attractions. It is crucial for the tourism industry to grow sustainably in order to reduce these adverse effects. This paper tries to introduce different examples of unsustainable expansion of tourism industry and the effects of these activities on environment and tourist attractions. The paper discusses disparate examples ranging from natural tourist attractions to historical tourist attractions.

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Ecotourism: A panacea or a predicament?

Cited by 297 publications

References 94 publications

Critical Views of Mainstream Approaches on Ecotourism

Critical Views of Mainstream Approaches on Ecotourism

Collaborative networks and tourism management of Peri-Urban forests

Examples of Unsustainable Tourism in Middle East

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