Negatives Of Ecotourism

When some people hear the word ecotourism, the first idea which born in their mind is a tourism without harming the nature. This is certainly true, but it is not a clear and full definition. Moreover, not all people are aware of what harms tourism actually cause. Thus for someone an eco-tourist is the person who travels without civilization benefits, such as: good cars, comfortable lodging, power and hot water usage; who stays overnight at an open a fire in the open air and harming the nature less as a tourist who uses these benefits. Definition of ecotourism that had been given in 1990 by The International Ecotourism Society reads as “responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people” (TIES, 2012). According to Louise Osborne, who wrote the exclusive column for 4Hoteliers.com, travel harms the environment: boats, airplanes, buses and cars pollute the air by carbon dioxide, while tourists pluck rare plants and “break off pieces of coral as they dive, staying in hotels built on the site of a destroyed rainforest” (2014). Today some tourists revised their views on the travel, they began to recognize that travel could result in negative impacts on the cultures, economies, environments and people of other countries; and they are wondering “how they can better protect the environment and travel in an eco-friendly manner” (Osborne, 2014). The decision of this become an ecotourism which “idealistic goal” improving “the world through responsible travel” (Blue, n.d). It is important to support the idea of ecotourism because it provides environmental education for travelers; helps to keep environmental purity and improves the lives of local people.

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... conservation and at the same time not to cause even more damage to the nature.

The next aspect that ecotourism covered is the improvement of communities that are involved in ecotourism like the host country and the country from which the visitor come. There is no doubt that ecotourism play important and major role in problem solving that local people are facing. First of all people who directly involve such as: the guides, the eco-lodge and restaurant owners and employees, the drivers, the park guards, tour operators and local communities get monetary benefits from providing service to eco-tourists. It because this segment of tourism lets to create new workplaces as a result people have a job, getting good income and support their families and own life. Also it allows collecting and reinvesting some amount of ecotourism profit to local nature conservation efforts.