The Development of Tourism Around Certain Key Wildlife Species Can Be Problematic. Evaluate Strategies Which Are Used, Around the World, to Seek a Working Balance in the Nature-People Relationship?

The WTO (2001), however, defines sustainability in tourism literature as ‘Development that meets the needs of the today’s tourists and the host region while protecting and enhancing opportunities for the future.’ It is envisaged as leading to the management of all resources in such a way that economic, social, and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecology processes, biological diversity and life support system.

When it comes to the topic of ecotourism, most of us will readily agree that it is a less harmful alternative to mass-tourism and that it promotes responsible and low-impact travel to areas where flora, fauna and cultural heritage are the primary drawing power. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of what the impact of ecotourism actually is and what its long-term consequences are. Whereas some are convinced that ecotourism provides the basis for sustainable development, particularly in places that suffer from exploitation and excessive resources’ usage, and that could only improve the general conditions of the local people, others maintain that we are still far from true ecotourism, for many are those in the

In developing countries, many citizens define development as having a quality of life and surviving (citation 19:17). In contrast, societies in western countries often view development as a constant growth in technology, which often has negative impacts on the environment. As a result, the concept of sustainable development has been created to express new methods of evolving as a society without doing any damage to the environment (citation). In order to have economic gains in a country that practices sustainable development, it will be necessary for conservationists to promote tourism. For example, tourists often stay in resorts in Africa to admire wild predators, such as lions (citation). Although the development of resorts may have negative impacts on the environment, tourists contribute large amounts of money to the local communities. Additionally, trophy hunting serves as a reasonable form of sustainable development in countries where citizens are threatened by large predators. For example, in Tanzania, inhabitants have experienced falling victim to lion attacks (citation). Trophy hunting serves as a major form of development in Tanzania because individuals associate a numerical value with large animals (citation). This will result in an increased concern for the populations of these animals, which will promote conservation

Ever since the ability to travel over vast amounts of distances around the world became easier with the use of innovative marvels such as the aeroplane, tourism started to grow in certain countries that had enough places of interest. Africa offered much that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world; from the ancient pyramids of Giza to the spectacular wildlife migration in the Serengeti. Tourist from around the world would pay a lot of money to see and be a part of this almost untouched beauty. Thus tourism in Africa started to grow and became one of the most important sources of income for many countries. But the dilemma that we know face is whether tourism offers more benefits to the society to overcome

A getaway resort designed to be filled with excitement, adventure, and high luxury, the Omarama Mountain Lodge is without a doubt, a very exclusive eco-destination— specifically catering to the needs of the world’s wealthiest people. Due to the chance meeting of a New Zealand Department of Conservation investigator named Peter Slater and the son of a former Indonesian president, the Omarama Mountain Lodge was conceptualized upon the realization that there was potential for a specialty business that could meet the needs of the world’s elite. By combining their knowledge and experiences with wealthy travelers, these men were able to carry out such a business in New Zealand’s South Island. As an eco-destination for wealthy vacationers, the Omarama Mountain Lodge promotes a vast array of outdoor activities. As a hunting retreat, the Omarama Mountain Lodge made efficient use of its “28,000 hectares of original farmland,” as the location was converted into a big game reserve where deer, elk, and chamois can be hunted and released. In addition, the case makes note that the Omarama Mountain Lodge also offers other alternatives for outdoor leisure such as photographic ‘safaris,’ horseback riding, golfing, nature walks, and helicopter tours. Of course, all of which are guaranteed to be fulfilled with not only the utmost luxury, also respect to the customer’s security and privacy.

As mentioned by Rimmington & Morrison (2009), the assistance from different parts of the world presents a new and diverse outlook for future research including theoretical innovations and revelations, cultural and environmental aspects, tourist destination and other ecotourism and recreational aspects of tourism and hospitality industry (Brotherton,

In the above paper, Moorhouse et al. aim to independently assess different types of non-consumptive Wildlife Tourist Attraction (WTA), excluding zoos, for their implications on species conservation and welfare. They also compare the opinions of visitors to the attractions, using reviews left on TripAdvisor, with the results of their review. The general conclusion of the study is that WTAs have many negative effects that tourists are unaware of and that there is a need for much better public education on this

Humans are negatively effecting numerous ecosystems including the Rocky Shores, Sand Dunes and Mangrove communities. If human activities continue as they do now, there will be troubling future implications to nature, and to humans. Tourism, for example, is one of the major human influences that is destroying many valuable ecosystems. Tourism is commercial holidaying where people visit places of interest. (www.directtourismservices.co.uk, 2017) It requires an abundance of associated infrastructure and resources and increased populations have negative effects on the surrounding ecosystems (Brambly, 2017). For example, increased foot traffic, runoff water quality and infrastructural development are all having drastic impacts to ecosystems and are caused by tourism. While it may be greatly beneficial for economic growth, which is why humans are so interested in it, tourism is a major strain on many vital ecosystems and courses of action should be taken to monitor its impacts to the environment.

Tourism in a free market economy can exploit natural resources as a means of a profit accumulation, and therefore has been described as the commercialisation of the human need to travel. The notion of unlimited gain has led to exploitation of host communities, their cultures, and environments. (Walker, 2011)

Toursim and recrearion are the benefits we can get from biodeversity. Biodiversity is a wellspring of conservative riches for some territories, for example, many stops and woodlands, where wild nature and creatures are a wellspring of excellence and euphoria for some individuals. Ecotourism specifically, is a developing outside recreational action.

"In my view, climate change is the most severe problem that we are facing today-more serious even than the threat of terrorism." (King, 2004) were the wise words of Chief Scientific Advisor to the United Kingdom Government. For decades two major topics have been discussed from scholars to mere regular individuals. Rich people, the less fortunate, people from Canada or people from the Middle East, these two topics affect everyone. Those two topics are: climate change and tourism. Climate change can be defined as “A change in global or regional climate patterns, in particular a change apparent from the mid to late 20th century onwards and attributed largely to the increased levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide produced by the use of fossil fuels.” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2014), and tourism defined as “The commercial organization and operation of holidays and visits to places of interest: a national fund for the promotion of tourism” (Oxford Dictionaries, 2014). How both climate change and tourism interact with each other is important and very crucial. Tourism is dependent on climate and tourism can deeply effect climate change. Thus, creating the an everlasting circle. This essay will take a look at specific examples of climate change effecting tourism.

Anyone remembers the joys of camping outdoors? Now, has anyone ever traveled out of the United States? Chances are, probably some have. In fact, the World Organization found “in 1950, some 25 million tourist traveled aboard” (“Ecotourism” 3) and these numbers have risen. In “2004, that figure had skyrocketed to 760 million” (3), thanks to Ecotourism. People travel to places such as the Galapagos Island, while still being environmentally friendly. However, how environmentally helpful is this? How about the tourists? How about industry? How about an increase in foreign species?

The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits, many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from the smallest sea-side hotel; to air-lines, multi-national hotel chains and major international tour operators. Originally, non-traditional industries such as tourism emerged as a solution to strike a balance between ecology and industry

The ecotourism industry has exhibited global growth over the past two decades and is expected to rapidly develop and increase in upcoming years (Gallagher and Hammerschlag, 2014), becoming one of the largest industries in the world (Scheyvens, 1999).

Nature-based tourism is defined any kind of tourism that depends on experiences openly connected to natural lures and this does involve things like ecotourism, extractive tourism, wildlife tourism adventure tourism, and nature retreats (Schumacher, 2007). From the position of conservation, nature-based tourism delivers inducements for local communities and landowners to protect wildlife environments that are upon which the industry becomes contingent it endorses conservation by engaging a better value on residual natural parts (Wood, 2007). As nature tourism develops into something that is important to the local budget, communities have added reason to preserve their enduring natural parts for wildlife and wildlife fanatics.