South Carolina getting an Ecotourism Park?

Patriots Point in Charleston, SC. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

A zip-line running from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Yorktown some 850 feet to shore is among the recreational possibilities being explored in a proposal to locate an adventure/eco-tourism-themed park at Patriots Point.

Other options include a boardwalk through a tree canopy, a tree house and a climbing wall.

 

 With state Budget and Control Board approval, the Patriots Point Development Authority board could lease land for the venture to the Charleston County Park and Recreation Commission, which would launch the new attraction.

“It’s just a great opportunity for both organizations. We’re pretty excited about the possibilities,” said Wayne Adams, Patriots Point vice chairman.

The new park on less than 10 acres would be a way to give more people access to Patriots Point, he said.

“It’s on land that we can’t use for anything else,” Adams said.

Patriots Point board member Edwin Taylor said the venture would cost the Naval and Maritime Museum nothing and could increase visitors.

“I think it’s a great idea,” he said.

The PRC would fund the park, Taylor said.

PRC Chairman Ravi Sanyal said $1.5 million for the eco-tourism park became available when plans for an eco-lodge at Folly Beach fell by the wayside. No new funds would be needed for the project, he said.

The Patriots Point board approached PRC commissioners with the idea of an eco-adventure park that could also include kayaking and wall-climbing.

“The commission was overwhelmingly in favor of the idea. It’s a trend that we want to be a part of. PRC wants to be a leader in that genre. We want Charleston to be an eco-tourism destination,” Sanyal said.

PRC would lease land for the park from Patriots Point.

“We would fully operate the park,” he said.

PRC Executive Director Tom O’Rourke said that he and Patriots Point Executive Director Mac Burdette came up with the idea for the park.

“This is an adventure park,” O’Rourke said.

He noted the proximity of hotels and the possibility for tourism packages. Canoeing, kayaking, stand-up paddleboarding and scuba diving might be part of the park, he said.

“Whatever is adventurous is on the table,” he said.

Burdette said the park is an option for land that has limited possibilities because of how its use is restricted. Patriots Point has 280,000 visitors annually. Existing parking would be used for the adventure park visitors, he said.

“These things are very popular,” he said. “At this point, we can’t see any downside to it. If we don’t do it, somebody else is going to do it

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Vietnam eco-tourism has spinoff for ethnic villagers

English: Cat Tien National Park, Viet Nam Tiếng Việt: Vườn quốc gia Cát Tiên (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Tourism will ensure stable incomes for residents in buffer zones around national parks and will ensure better protection of the parks and the wildlife they shelter. Pham Hoang Nam reports.Tham Thi Men was everywhere at the same time. The 48-year-old ethnic Tay woman was on stage singing a traditional song; she was being an attractive hostess inviting guests to enjoy Tay cakes that she and her neighbours had made, and she was in the kitchen preparing lunch for visitors at the communal Long House.

The Long House is located near the new ethnic Stieng resettlement area in Ta Lai Commune, Tan Phu District, in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The 125sq.m house was built in five months with bamboo, wood, rattan and other natural materials. It opened to visitors in the middle of February.

The house is the first community-based tourism guesthouse in the area. It was built under a project, funded by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), that promotes community-based ecotourism in Viet Nam’s national parks.

The project has been carried out by the WWF in collaboration with the Nam Cat Tien National Park since 2008.

It directly benefits the livelihoods of local communities while conserving nature, WWF Viet Nam director Tran Minh Hien said.

“Ecotourism planning in and around the park is carried out through a participatory multi-stakeholder process and is incorporated into development plans at commune, district and provincial levels,” she explained.

According to the chairman of Ta Lai Commune, Dang Vu Hiep, the house offers not only cultural meaning but also economic value to ethnic groups living in the region.

“Community-based tourism will create stable livelihoods for local people by helping reduce pressure on natural resources, raising people’s awareness of environmental protection and promoting cultural characters of ethnic communities,” he said.

The house is all set to receive visitors now. To introduce the Long House to travel agencies including adventure tour operators, project managers organised a trip few weeks ago to the national park.

Everything had been carefully prepared.

Special dishes typically eaten by local ethnic minorities of Stieng, Ma and Tay had been prepared. People in the communities had been employed as chefs, guides and hospitality service providers.

The community-based tourism model applied here had the participation of around 30 households.

“I have liked to sing and dance since I was a little girl. Now I can join the team to perform for visitors, that’s my dream. I can earn a living from what I like to do best,” 17-year-old K’Nhung said happily.

Would visitors come to stay in the Long House, the few people wondered.

“There are a few Vietnamese tourists who like adventure and eco-tourism. But the potential to attract foreign customers is very huge,” said Jean-Luc Voisin, director of the VietAdventure company.

The company is major partner with the park in the project.

“I believe the model will develop better in the near future. Tourists will enjoy a night in the forest, taste special food and traditional art performances by local residents,” he added.

From Ta Lai Commune, 12km from the head-office of Nam Cat Tien Park’s management board, tourists can trek or go cycling through the forest.

“If permitted, we would like to reopen the 60km cycling route through the park and Ta Lai will be our stopping place,” said Le Van Sinh, CEO of SinhBalo Adventure Travel company.

Project managers hope that around 4,500 visitors would visit Ta Lai each year.

They are also offering another buffer zone of the park, Dak Lua, as a tourism destination.

“We have already looked at Dak Lua, where has a very big rice field. We have chosen to develop the home-stay model there and three houses were selected. But Dak Lua is not as attractive as Ta Lai with its many traditional customs,” said Nguyen Thi Hai Ha, managing director of Innoviet company.

“We know it is very hard, but it’s a starting point to help villagers get involved in community tourism and improve their living standards while sharing the responsibility to protect the park,” said K’ Yeu, head of Ta Lai Village. — VNS

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Kashmir makes changes to encourage eco-tourism

in Kashmir, the state environment department has pushed a proposal to constitute J&K Eco Tourism Board to the government to recommend measures and identify the potential places for the promotion of eco- tourism in the state.
Sources said that the proposal was under consideration of the General Administration Department (GAD) and a final decision in this regard was likely to be taken in near future.

Janakikadu Eco Tourism Project entrance Gate. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Highly placed sources informed Greater Kashmir that the proposal for the creation of the Eco-Tourism Development Board was sent to the GAD before the annual Darbar move from Jammu to Srinagar.
“J&K has great potential for eco-tourism and the need is to promote the same. The government has taken the issue seriously and is making every effort to ensure a major breakthrough in the promotion of the lucrative activity. The Creation of JK Eco-Tourism Development Board will prove a major step forward in this direction” they said, adding that a full fledged board would be created after the proposal would get GAD’s nod.
They revealed that the Board would have members from Tourism Department, Wildlife, Environment and Forest departments, besides experts from various fields.
“The officials of Planning and Finance department, members of some NGO’s will also be among the Board members, who will identify the areas and their feasibility for the promotion of the Eco-tourism” they said.
The Eco-tourism provides the visitors and nature lovers an opportunity to travel to ecologically rich areas and appreciate the local culture and bewitching environs in a well guided manner taking care that the integrity of the ecosystem was not disturbed, sources said.
“Such activities create economic opportunities that make conservation and protection of natural resources advantageous to the local people. After the constitution of Board, facilities such as construction of huts, nature trails, treks, view points, safari drive and nature interpretation centre will be created in the identified areas” they said.
Sources said some huts constructed at Dera –ki- Gali area along Mughal Road was the first step of its kind towards Ecotourism promotion.
The Eco-tourism project also provides for training the local people in the identified areas as guides for the visiting tourists.
“The locals will be trained and in that way they would also get employment opportunities, besides the people will also earn   by offering accommodation facilities to the visiting tourists” they said.
Chief Wildlife Warden, AK Singh, while confirming the government’s move said that a proposal has been sent to the GAD department. “We are awaiting the approval after which a full fledged Board will be constituted” he said, while he refused to divulge the details about the possible members of the Board.

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Kansas to become Eco Tourism Friendly

Ecotourism (Photo credit: Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory)

Kansas had an EcoTourism conference headed by the Governor of the state.

Things mentioned included herpetology tours, ways to get private landowners and agriculture involved in the tourism industry and resulting profits, better signs around the state, and ways to make Cheyenne Bottoms and Quivira more easily enjoyed by visitors.

Brownback was one of several who said they left with a better idea of how to promote ecotourism in Kansas.

He now wants to devote more time and energy to the concept.

“I think we’ve come up with some real good things we can do here,” the governor said. “I think it was certainly a good start for me.”

Gov. Sam Brownback thinks it’s time for Kansas to better share its wetlands wealth with the rest of the world.

“I hear people say (Cheyenne Bottoms and the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge) are some of the best-kept secrets in the world. That’s not an accolade to me,” Brownback said Saturday at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center.

Ted Eubanks, a nationally recognized expert in nature-based tourism, agrees and told Brownback and others at the first Governor’s Ecotourism Summit the state can improve how it markets a variety of attractions.

Eubanks spoke to Brownback and about 50 local and state tourism and wildlife officials gathered to discuss ways to promote nature-based tourism, including birding, hiking, mountain biking and kayaking, to help the Kansas economy.

Brownback became increasingly interested in ecotourism after traveling to Nebraska this spring to witness the sandhill crane migration, which draws visitors from all over the world.

In the past he’s held several summits to help promote the Flint Hills and started a celebrity pheasant hunt to bring more attention to the good hunting Kansas has to offer.

Now, he also wants to focus on what Kansas’ two main wetlands have to offer.

“Quivira and Cheyenne Bottoms have excellent potential for the expansion of economic growth without spoiling the resource,” Brownback said.

Eubanks, a Texan with worldwide professional ecotoursim experience, said Kansas’ famed wetlands are special enough to draw global attention.

Both are considered world-class birding locations that often feature very rare birds, like whooping cranes.

Some days birders may see 100 or more other species, including many unique migrants at the areas.

Eubanks said the Internet is a great and inexpensive way to garner more attention. Better signs, especially along I-70, could get travelers to make the one-hour detour from the interstate to the wetlands area.

He said the wildlife viewing needs to be as easy as possible.

Things like observation blinds, viewing towers and guided tours could help, as could detailed information in handouts, online and on well-placed interpretive signs, he said.

“(Visitors) don’t want to be told to go see Sam down at the coffee shop, and he can tell you where to go,” Eubanks said.

Kansas communities also need to offer a good all-around experience for those coming to see the wetlands.

Ecotourists, he said, want a feel for the area, and to enjoy more than just a morning watching sandhill cranes.

Eubanks recommended ways to tell visitors about local personalities like Pelican Pete, a hermit who lived amid the Quivira marshes in an old chicken coop.

And all aspects of nature should be touted.

“You need to tell the story of (wild) sand plums that make the most wonderful jellies,” he said. “Someone that comes here needs to be introduced to the jellies because that helps introduce them to the land. Someone also needs to sell them some of those jellies. If you don’t reach out for those dollars, they’ll fly right through town.”

Though the natural offerings will get people coming to the area, some manufactured attractions can help.

Eubanks referenced long mountain bike trails created in North Dakota and geocaching events that draw many thousands.

One of Eubanks’ favorites is a fall foliage festival in Canadian, Texas, a small panhandle town.

He said the main fall colors are provided by poison ivy, but the festival has drawn national media attention and annually brings thousands of visitors.

After Eubanks’ talk, Brownback had participants brainstorm ideas.

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Eco-Tourism grows in Patagonian Chile

The following article was published in the London Globe and Mail, and was written by Gordon Pitts, regarding eco-tourism in the Patagonia region of Chile.  

In the dark dense rain forest of Chilean Patagonia, I am retracing the steps of Charles Darwin, in a search for the freak of a frog that bears his name.

The charming quirk of Darwin’s Frog is the male’s proclivity for carrying tadpole eggs in his vocal sac before disgorging the tykes into the world. The frogs come in hues of brown to green, making the tiny creatures almost impossible to see in their swampy habitat.

But Diego Stock, my exuberant Chilean guide, insists that he has spotted one hopping around this squishy bog a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean. It looks like a fluttering brown leaf, but as I bend closer, I catch the outline of one of the world’s most endangered species.

Darwin, the 19th-century father of evolutionary theory, encountered the frog in his voyages around South America in the 1830s. Now, 180 years later, I have come to Patagonia to witness another evolution – not just in this embattled frog, but in the new concept of capitalist conservation.

We are tramping through the forests around Melimoyu, a remote speck on the map 1,200 kilometres south of Santiago, Chile’s capital. It is a living laboratory of frogs, birds, trees, flowers, blue whales, penguins and a sea lion that plays hide and seek with our rafts and kayaks as we glide down the Marchant River.

Just as Darwin’s voyage expanded the understanding of life, Patagonia, one of the last vast empty places, is a test site for grafting protection of natural lands on to profit-driven ecotourism and real estate.

Melimoyu lies about halfway down the narrow ribbon of Chilean Patagonia, a region 1,800 kilometres long and fewer than 200 kilometres wide – from the Pacific to the Argentine border. Much of the land around Melimoyu is owned by Patagonia Sur, a company founded by U.S. social-media millionaire Warren Adams.

It is one of his six Patagonian properties, comprising 25,000 hectares, spanning ocean rain forest, gaucho grasslands in deep Andean valleys, and majestic glaciers on the ragged edge of South America. So far, two of these properties, coastal Melimoyu and inland Valle California, contain small luxury resorts, and a third, Lago Espolon, has more Spartan hostel accommodation.

“We are buying ecosystems under threat by development,” explains Adams, a Harvard MBA who sold his tech company to Amazon in 1998 for $100-million in shares. He was mesmerized by a trip to Patagonia with his wife, Megan, but he also observed a region that was in danger of a development landslide more transformative than any earthquake. It was poised to be overwhelmed by new roads, airstrips and potential transmission lines transporting power from planned hydro dams in the south.

He set out to save space for creatures like Darwin’s Frog, whose numbers have been devastated by viruses. And on this day in early April, Stock, who oversees guiding at Melimoyu’s eco-resort, is encouraged by the discovery of even a single specimen. He records the sighting on a clipboard – grist for a research foundation set up by Adams to study the region’s flora and fauna.

But make no mistake: Patagonia Sur (sur means south in Spanish) is a hard-nosed start-up in the tradition of the high-tech world where Adams earned his entrepreneurial stripes. It comprises a real-estate brokerage (catering to green-minded clientele), sustainable property development, carbon-offset trading and reforestation, as well as ecotourism targeted at affluent consumers who will spend $6,000 (U.S.) or more on a week that melds fly-fishing, sumptuous dining and a clear conscience.

Adams’s idea is that ecologically based tourism and real estate are not just beneficiaries of conservation – they can be drivers of preservation. He aims to attract investors by the potential for healthy rates of return earned on Patagonia’s still relatively inexpensive land. The funds will underwrite the acquisition of more and more property, to be protected by tough land-use covenants in perpetuity.

Adams could be building a model for saving other beautiful places – say, in rural Newfoundland, New Zealand or Africa. The old model was based on government-funded parks or non-profit groups wringing donations out of philanthropists. But Adams says there is only so much money available to non-profits – and governments are stretched.

Eco-Tourism in Louisiana

EcoTourism takes a major step forward in Louisiana

A series of maps and guides promoting Louisiana as a world-class eco-tourism destination are appearing  in tourism centers across the State.  With new technology in GPS and guides, tourists can now be able to find their way through parts of the state.

The publishers believe they’ve tapped a prosperous new market in the Gulf South, and that Louisiana is behind in this area.  “We’re very behind here in Louisiana, and in the United States.  In Europe it’s a huge draw”, says the publisher.

Looks like ‘Green’ is the universal symbol for sustaining the planet for future generations.

Does Ecotourism Cause Stress to Orangutans?

Scientific American has an article online

Pongo pygmaeus (Linnaeus, 1760) Dansk: Orangutang i Ålborg Zoo, Danmark Deutsch: Orang-Utan English: Orangutan in Aalborg Zoo, Denmark Español: Orangután Français : Orang-outan (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

asking, what can poop tell us about orangutans? Well, for one thing, a study of wild orangutan feces has revealed that these great apes, unlike some other species, are not chronically stressed by ecotourism.

Scat shows no scare in a study, published March 15 in PLoS One, that analyzed fecal glucocorticoid metabolite (fGM) levels of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary in in the Malaysian state of Sabah between 2008 and 2009. The community-operated organization Red Ape Encounters, which operates there, maintains strict ecotourism guidelines designed to protect the apes.

The research team collected feces samples 24 hours before ecotourism visits, as well as the day of and the day after. Many of the samples came from two orangutans—Jenny, a then-32-year-old female, and Etin, her 11-year-old offspring—both of whom were gradually habituated to encounters with ecotourists over a period of several years. The rest came from four other unidentified orangutans that were not habituated to humans. In each case, the samples collected the day after the encounters showed elevated levels of the stress hormone cortisol. But that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

“An elevated cortisol level in response to ecotourists would be completely natural and expected,” says the study’s lead author, Michael P. Muehlenbein, professor of anthropology at Indiana University Bloomington. “It just means an activation of the sympathetic nervous system. Short-term fluctuation of cortisol levels is completely to be expected under most circumstances.”

Muehlenbein and his fellow researchers were concerned that the orangutans might have shown extremely elevated levels of cortisol or none at all. That would have indicated levels of chronic stress and a systemic breakdown in the animals, as has occurred in some other species regularly encountered by ecotourists. For example, yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes) have exhibited significantly lowered breeding success in populations exposed to tourism, while ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) showed degraded fur coats. (The paper equates these reactions to post-traumatic stress disorder in humans.)

But short-term fluctuations showed, at least on an fGM level, that the orangutans were not exhibiting signs of chronic stress. “You need the fight-or-flight response,” Muehlenbein says. “If you become habituated to a process, and you don’t react accordingly when there’s a danger, then you have a problem.”

Muehlenbein says the fGM test is just one more item in the veterinary or conservation toolbox to make sure that animals encountering humans are healthy. “Cortisol metabolites are very sensitive to a number of things, such as disease, diet and sexual activity. It’s not a perfect measure. It should be combined with the other tools that we already have.”

According to the paper, tourism accounts for 9 percent of world GDP and can contribute greatly to conservation efforts for rare species. In the case of orangutans, at least, ecotourism done right does not appear to be harming the apes in the process. Red Ape Encounters’s guidelines limit visitations to groups of seven and a period of one hour. Sick tourists are excluded, and all visitors must keep a 10-meter minimum distance between themselves and the orangutans.

Muehlenbein is now working at a nearby orangutan rehabilitation center, where he is interviewing ecotourists about their behavior to try to calculate the risk for disease transmission from humans to animals. Apes have been known to catch coughs, colds and other viruses from humans, which can prove fatal. Although this human-to-primate transmission has been documented, there is no conclusive evidence to date of disease transmission from tourists to apes. “We know that a significant number of travelers visit ecotourist sites even though they haven’t been well-enough vaccinated or they show signs of illness,” Muehlenbein says. Some orangutan tourism sites might habituate their animals more rapidly, overexpose them to humans or even allow people to touch or feed the apes, all of which could contribute to chronic stress and, in turn, make the orangutans more susceptible to human diseases. “Humans pose an undocumented risk. We should put time, money and effort into hiring health professionals at these primate-based destinations and educating tourists about the risk of disease transmission.”

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EcoTourism comes to Nebraska.

An estimated 70,000 bird watchers descend on central Nebraska each spring to gaze at the gathering of 500,000 sandhill cranes along the Platte in the Kearney and Grand Island areas.

The graceful birds feed in local cornfields, dance and hop in mating rituals and roost in the river as they build strength for the migration to summer breeding grounds in Canada, Alaska and Siberia.

But almost 40 percent of visitors, according to a recent poll, say they would stay longer in Nebraska and visit other attractions. Right now, crane visitors spend an average of 1.3 days in the state and spend a total of about $8 million, which is why the Governor of Nebraska is convinced that bringing Eco-Tourism to Nebraska, of all places, could mean bigger dollars for the state.

Bird - Duck - Mallard (Photo credit: blmiers2)

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The Phillipines gets four new zip lines and ecotourism efforts continue

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High in the hills of Floridablanca, in the Phillipines, is a blooming haven of nature and man-made structures in a domain preserved and nurtured by Aetas, an upland blend of ecological and tourism adventure that is Nabuclod.

Much has been written and heard of the once untapped spot — except maybe its people in the resettlement site — until Governor Lilia Pineda and Second District Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo teamed up to harness its potential, so indigenous people there could reap the benefits of what is now known as the Nabuclod Upland Eco-Tourism Adventure.

On dawn Saturday, the governor led the Capitol horde, along with friends and representatives from Pampanga media, in planting hundreds of trees as a prelude to her 61st birthday on February 21. The gift was meant to breathe greater life to the 5,000-hectare development project where now stand two of four zip lines and cable cars.

“By the summer season, we would have completed the zip lines as well developed a large part of Nabuclod for eco-tourism. Our desire is for it to be self-sustaining, especially its agricultural part where Aetas would be able to supply the province and even Manila with vegetables of all kinds. We are almost there,” shared Governor Pineda.

The Nabuclod Upland Eco-Tourism Adventure, she said, features two viewing decks where the splendor of Pampanga meets the eye; the thrilling zip-lines and cable cars Second District Board Member Olga Frances David-Dizon described as amazing and enjoyable; the bike and ATV [all-terrain vehicle] trail frequented now by mountain riders; the stairway to Bolben; the camping site where members of the National Movement of Young Legislators led by 3rd District Board Member Trina Dizon would pitch their tents on February 25 for their own tree planting day; the very green agri area and the proposed Grotto on the religious side.

Added 4th District Board Member Nestor Tolentino, chair of the Nabuclod Project technical working group: “This upland eco-tourism project is actually a build-operate-transfer with investors. Capitol’s expense on this is very minimal. The potential is so big that in the near future, Nabuclod would be one of the favorite tourist spots in Pampanga. The people here are assured that nothing will be destroyed and their natural environment preserved and protected.”

First District Board Member Tarcicio “Tars” DC Halili– who described his first-ever zip line ride as very good — readily agreed and noted that he will file a resolution calling for the creation of a Nabuclod Tourism Council which will complement the technical working group on the master plan.

“The Nabuclod Tourism Council could then manage the project and see to its efficient operations,” he said.

Going to the top of Nabuclod is already an adventure in itself. Along the zigzagging paved roads, Aeta kids greet and wave to passersby, welcoming them warmly into their haven. The less than hour’s drive upon entering the main street past Basa Air Base is never boring with greeneries all around and scenes of human interests, of daily life that is Nabuclod for the keen-eyed photographer.

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The term Ecotourism is not new thing in human experience and it has been practiced in most developed and developing nation. There are numerous definitions of the term, but according to American-based Ecotourism society, Ecotourism is nothing but a purposeful travel to natural areas; to understand the nature and culture; to understand the effect of human interference in ecosystem; and ultimately produce economic opportunity to conserve natural resource which is beneficial to local

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people. I do not know how far one is justified, calling it the pivot or corner stone of progressive tourism. Ecotourism demonstrates the need of conservation of both cultural and natural environment with sustainable economic development including the participation of local people.

Why Eco Tourism Matters?

The fundamentals of Ecotourism are not only to travel to natural areas but it implies several other factors. It emphasizes:

• Reduction of consumption of natural resources  or optimum use of natural resources
• Maintaining diversity of nature and culture
• Integrating   tourism into planning
• Uplifting  local economies by bringing foreign exchange
• Involving local communities through tourism
• Creating jobs and thus reducing crime
• Reducing poverty by engaging local people
• Marketing tourism responsibly towards the environment
• Researching on effect of human activity on ecosystem
• Maintain humanity and respect for local culture, communities and environment
• Participating public for natural conservation
• Training local and other people who are engaged in ecotourism

Wellness Tourism and Eco Tourism – How it can grow together

The core essence of seeking out wellness is the improvement in health, which automatically leads to an enhanced quality of life. Wellness centers and retreats encourage maintaining a healthy lifestyle through a wholesome, nutritious diet and fitness-related activities. They also emphasize spiritual and mental health, beauty treatments and healthy sleeping techniques all in the hope of improving and bettering one’s health. Above could be easily achived in enviornment which offers Eco Tourism through Natural Resources.

The theme of Ecotourism is not only to have sustainable use of natural resources (air, soil, minerals, animals, plants and water) but it teaches us the importance of preserving those resources for our coming generation.

Eco Tourism provides an enviornment which is most healthiest, We are beginning to realize the effect of human activities on environment. Ecotourism promotes maintaining ecological process such as recycling of nutrients, soil conservation, reducing pollution, and wildlife management, purification of water and sustainable use of natural resources. Whic in terms provide better way of living and healthy environment for humans and animal which maintains the bio-diversity.

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