An Evaluation of Ecotourism in Amazonas, Brasil
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| Auteur(s) | Wallace, G.N. Pierce, S.M. |
| Date | Octobre 1996 |
| Type de référence | article de journal |
| Nom de source | Annals of Tourism Research |
| Journal | Vol 23 No 4 |
| Pages | pp. 843-873 |
| Éditeur | Elsevier Science Ltd, UK |
Résumé
Registered “ecotour” lodges were studied using observation and interviews with visitors, employees, and local people. Findings were evaluated using proposed ecotourism principles. Besides providing employment, lodges improve access, stimulate new services (health utilities, etc.), and make valued but limited local purchases. In other ways, lodges fall short of the ideals inherent in the principles. They contribute little to conservation education, resource protection, or the involvement and empowerment of local people. Tourists wish to see and would support conservation and community development programs both financially and via their future selection of ecotour operators. Numerous implications for concessions, protected area management, and rural development in Amazonas are discussed.
Thèmes
approches basées sur le marché
etude de cas
Couverture géographique
Brazil
DOI
10.1016/0160-7383(96)00009-6
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