Tourism data are sparse, and commonly cannot distinguish between different forms of tourism. However, according to one 1982 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Survey, 29 million U.S. citizens took some 310 million trips in 1980 based on nonconsumptive enjoyment of nature and wildlife. At least 1 million of these tourists traveled to foreign lands primarily to experience the ecologies of remote destinations...

Tadlac Lake, Los Baños, Laguna has been visited a lot of visitors recently. With the increase number visitors, environmental issues confront integrity Lake Ecotourism Project (TLEP). The study was conducted to address these using proper communication strategy since masterplan lacks component by identifying key elements and their need resources. A descriptive method case used answer research pro...

Private Protected Areas (PPAs) often use wildlife-based ecotourism as their primary means of generating business. Achieving tourist satisfaction has become a strong driving goal in the management of many PPAs, often at the expense of biodiversity. Many extralimitral species, those which historically did not occur in an area, are stocked in PPAs with the intention of increasing ecotourism attrac...

Ajodhya Hill in Purulia district of West Bengal is a treasure house of natural beauties, but hilly terrain and thick forest cover have made many parts of this region inaccessible by road and perpetual agricultural drought over decades had weakened the economy of the area. Taking advantage of this physical and economic handicap, an organized group of social and political activists called Left-Wi...

This research was carried out to investigate the role of natural resources cooperatives in ecotourism development. This was an analysis-descriptive study conducted through survey method. Statically population of study was 123 members of the directors of these cooperatives. A structured questionnaire was designed and distributed among the cooperative directors. Census technique was applied in th...

The attractions and capabilities of geomorphosites are among the unique assets each country, their identification, classification, planning have great importance for development tourism. purpose this research was to identify, quantitatively analyse, classify landforms treated as geosites landscapes Yazd Province, using Pralong method. present study is a descriptive analytical based on library s...

Small-scale fisheries (SSF) in developing nations face a harsh variety of internal and external stressors on a global scale. International economic development, population increase, and environmental degradation are among a slew of difficult challenges facing the subsistence livelihoods of individuals in artisanal fishing communities. In order to prevent these communities from facing increased ...

The increase of ecotourism operations within Costa Rica during the last 20 yrs has brought more and more humans into close, direct contact with several wildlife species. One of these species is the white-faced capuchin (Cebus capucinos), highly gregarious, and with exposure over time, willing to come into close vicinity of humans and their developments. Such contact has its advantages and disad...