Ecotourism Is Always Good For A Country - 041355

"Ecotourism is always good for a country"
Ecotourism usually presents solutions to serve the double function of environmental

conservation and economic development. It is described as the kind of movement that
is responsible in the geographic areas of natural endowment and which has negligible
impact on either the environment or the inhabitants. However this statement that
‘Ecotourism always does good for a country’ rolls over any impacts and is too
simplistic when considering the impact of the tourism industry.
As rightly pointed out by those in support of ecotourism there are many advantages
of ecotourism. First of all, through raising the consciousness level of environmental
issues to the public and providing funds to support natural ecosystems, it can
stimulate the organization of conservation movements. For instance, the management
of the park, control of poaching, and restoration of park’s ecosystem could be
achieved through use of the money from earnings from ecotourism. Secondly, in
creating employment opportunities in the sectors such as handicrafts, hotels, and
guides in ecotourism, there is positive economic effects that can be seen in the areas
that may yet develop and in the rural regions. Such a diversification of the economy
can reduce dependence on agriculture and resource exportation that is exploitive.
Third, ecotourism may foster interactive contact through the promotion of the
indigenous people’s knowledge and traditions and providing the people with the
means to uphold those traditions.
But work-ability of this phenomena requires responsible behaviour and efficient
management for the positive impacts noted above. If legal measures are not stringent
and authorities fail in regulating the ecotourism activities conducted by companies
and tourists, then the ecotourism may lead to habitat disruption, environment
pollution as well as deplete all the natural resources. Tourism hot spots can further act
as a hindrance to the pollution levels, increased soil erosion, and interference to
known habitats of wildlife. Moreover, as residents change their expectations to match
the tourists, social attractions may lead to fast dismantling of culture and existent
social relations.
Besides, it is worth noting that social advantages of ecotourism often do not affect all
the population. The local communities may not gain much economically from the
large scale tourism because a big portion of the income may be gained by large tour
companies or foreign investors. This may lead to an aggravation of social injustices
and growing dependence on incomes from the tourism sphere, which is rather volatile
because of the changes in the state of the environment or changes in the world tourism
trends.
In addition to this, the economic consideration of this sort of tourism does not
rebound for the benefit of everyone. There’s often exploitation where large tour
operators or foreign investors would prefer to get a lion’s share of the proceeds while
the locals, in this case, the host community, get nothing from the money-making
venture. This difference could further amplify the existing inequality in the
distribution of commodities and services between the rich and the poor while making
the country heavily dependent on a specific income source that is tourism, which is
fairly unpredictable depending on the status of the global economic and
environmental index.
Thus, the given paper indicates possibilities of utilizing ecotourism as a tool for
sustainable development, and recognizes the fact that its benefits and drawbacks have
to be analyzed and managed. In this context, any government and investors should
give much emphasis on sharing the benefits fairly, involvement of the community,
and environmental conservation to attain the maximum benefits of the resource. Thus,
for the nations adopting this kind of tourism, ecotourism can credibly enhance the
concept of sustainability, become economically profitable, as well as contribute to the
continual conservation of the environment and cultural identity only when properly
planned and managed. However, relying on the concepts like ecotourism, one must
remember that nothing is always good until the full impact of those concepts is
analyzed.

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