Ecotourism Case Studies

Wearing, Stephen; Neil, John

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“…Mountains are a valuable natural asset of which the tourism industry very often makes extensive use [25]. In this sense, it is indicative that 10% of tourist hotspots worldwide are developing mountain tourism, and in the Alps alone, there are more than 50 medium or large tourist hotspots with mountain tourism [26].…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Sustainable Tourism in the German Alps: A Case Study

Paunović

Jovanović

2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:What are the processes behind efforts for more sustainable mountain destinations in the German Alps and what are the views of different tourism stakeholders on these processes? The research deals both with threats pushing the agenda of sustainable development (such as climate change and depletion of resources), indicators of sustainable tourism (to measure the scope of change), as well as cross-border cooperation and stakeholder engagement in the German Alps. The data was collected through 30 interviews with individuals dealing with tourism development and sustainable tourism development in the German Alps. The findings suggest that a holistic approach and collection and dissemination of data and knowledge on sustainability are the basis for developing sustainable mountain tourism. Implementation and monitoring should focus on specific flagship sustainable tourism products, as well as on a destination in a broader sense and the sustainable tourism market. Three themes emerged as important for implementation of sustainable tourism in the German Alps: indicators of sustainable tourism, cross-border cooperation and stakeholder engagement.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Implementation of Sustainable Tourism in the German Alps: A Case Study

Paunović

Jovanović

2017

Sustainability

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“…Therefore, an ecotourism system can be destroyed by a negative SES feedback loop. Thus, an ecotourism system is limited to various structures and behaviors by the positive (beneficial) or negative (stress) effects it experiences through the feedback between the social system and the ecological system [1,51]. Benefits result from intentional ecotourism planning, but most stresses occur unintentionally because of supply-and-demand activities in the ecotourism system [52].…”

Section: Ecotourism Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transformation Planning for Resilient Wildlife Habitats in Ecotourism Systems

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An ecotourism system that is based on wildlife habitats in ecological systems is considered a social-ecological system that has a feedback relationship with social systems. Increases in socioeconomic activities and tourism infrastructure construction are not conducive to the resilience of wildlife habitats, thereby stressing the ecological system and threatening sustainable ecotourism. Managing resilient wildlife habitats by developing transformation plans that can be used to construct new systems through self-organization and the absorption of stress is paramount to perpetuating sustainable ecotourism systems. This study aims to establish transformation plans to enhance the resilience of systems thinking regarding wildlife habitats. Such thinking involves the sequential application of dynamic thinking, causal thinking, closed-loop thinking, and the discovery of strategies. This study examines the case study of Eulsukdo Island in South Korea, and the following transformation plans are derived: (1) high-quality eco-education programs to help tourists become hard ecotourists; (2) subsidies for foraging area restoration; (3) ecosystem services of wildlife habitats; and (4) governance organization led by multiple actors. The results of this study can provide guidelines for the effective use of natural resources at ecotourism destinations and for the ecotourism development of damaged wildlife habitats.

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“…"Alternative tourism" as opposed to "conventional tourism", is a specialized practice developed in nature and promotes the active participation of tourists with a deep interaction with the exotic environment and preserved communities [2]. A ramification of alternative tourism is "low impact tourism" better known as "ecotourism" in the ecosystem and its preservation [3].…”

Section: Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In this sense, environment refers not only to the natural environmentflora, fauna, landforms, and atmospheric considerations -but also to social, economic, scientific, managerial, and political elements [2].…”

Section: Sustainable Tourism and Ecotourismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ecotourism: sustainable indigenous policies and its effects in Mayan communities, southern Mexico

Valle-García¹

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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In a sustainable development paradigm, the promotion of alternative tourism seeks simultaneously: preservation of nature, alleviation of poverty and consideration to ancestral culture. Nevertheless, in an analysis of multilateral and federal policies with methodological triangulation of surveys, in-depth interviews and participative observation, about the tourism market's dynamics in the ecotouristic Mayan community of Lacanjá Chansayab Chiapas, it was found that the aims of alternative tourism have not been achieved because the changes from a primary to a tertiary economic sector of indigenous' livelihoods has induced: 1) inter-ethnic struggles over economic natural resource management; 2) upward and downward spiral marginalization; 3) creation of urban environmental problems; 4) ancestral cultures have reconfigured their social function; 5) natural and cultural capitals have become global stock, less favoring indigenous people. The causes are, on the one hand, the intervention of multi-sectorial policies in Mexico is diffuse and without local participation in their design. On the other hand, the absence of impact assessment ex-ante to government interventions.

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Ecotourism Case Studies

Cited by 39 publications

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Implementation of Sustainable Tourism in the German Alps: A Case Study

Implementation of Sustainable Tourism in the German Alps: A Case Study

Transformation Planning for Resilient Wildlife Habitats in Ecotourism Systems

Ecotourism: sustainable indigenous policies and its effects in Mayan communities, southern Mexico

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