Definition

 “environmentally responsible travel and

visitation to relatively undisturbed natural areas,
in order to enjoy and appreciate nature and
any accompanying cultural features – (both
past and present) without more negative visitor
impact, and provides for beneficially active
socio-economic involvement of local
populations”
Principles of ecotourism
 Build environmental and cultural awareness
and respect
 Provide positive experience for both visitors
and host community
 Generate financial benefits for both local
people and private industry
 Design construct and operate low impact
facilities
 Segments of ecotourism

 Ecotourism in wildlife
 Eco adventure travels
 Sustainable tourism
 Responsible tourism
 Cultural tourism
 Ecotourism in wildlife
 Wildlife tourism can be an eco and animal
friendly tourism ,Usually showing animals in their
natural habitat.
Eco adventure travels

 Ecotourism is the combination of adventurous

activity with environmentally responsible
awareness.
Sustainable tourism
 Any form of tourism that dose not reduce
the availability of resource and dose not
inhibit future traveler form enjoying the
same place
 the present of large
numbers of tourists
disturbed an animal’s
meeting patters so
that there species in
future then that visit
was not sustainable
Responsible tourism
 tourism which operates in such a way to
minimize negative impact on the environment .
 A wilderness camping trip using “leave no
trace” ethics would be considered responsible
tourism while dune buggy tours would not.
Cultural tourism
 Interacting with, understanding and
learning about unique culture is the focus
of this style of trip.

 Theconcept of
learning from other
cultures to broaden
ones perspective
usually a core value.
Legal Framework

 Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

 Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980
Negative impact of tourism
 Many of the ecotourism projects are not
meeting these standards. Even if some of the
guidelines are being executed, the local
communities are still facing other negative
impacts.
 migration
 Fight for land
 expansion of infrastructure
 The feeding of wild animals
 Pollution and litter