You have started to think about what Ecotourism is and how it can impact the people/ culture/ economy of a particular place. Although this unit on the surface looks wuite easy - it is the depth of the information that you find and the way that you analyse that information that makes the difference in this unit.
The first part of the unit asks you to identify what you think the concept of ecotourism is before you show your understanding of how it operates around the world and then in a specific case study. I have tried to group some of the articles together a bit more but you need to realise that there is actually a lot of overlap between all of these.
The following links should help you with some aspects of this. These are all chapters from jounrals that I was able to purchase for study. You need to make sure that you quote them clearly of you use any information from them.
Part 1: A definition and explanation of EcoTourism (for A01)
Catalogue of Practice in Adventure Travel and Ecotourism
Europe orientation on sustainability of Ecotourism
Definitions of Ecotourism from the world wide web
Essential Reading in Ecotourism (Eagles)
Commentary: Practices, problems and principles for ecotourism - a case study
Ecotourism in Asia and Tourism Geography worldwide
Asian ecotourism: patterns and themes
Ecotourism Guidelines (Canada)
Ecotourism thoughts by Leo Hickman (from The Final Call)
Final report on Sustainable Tourism from The Rainforest Alliance
Tourism Highlights (2008) from www.unwto.org
Tourism Stats from Eurostat pocketbooks (2008)
Making Tourism more sustainable (UNEP)
Quebec Declaration on ecotourism (Canada)
To Coldly go . . . . global warming issues by Leo Hickman
Linking Tourism, Environment and Concepts (McCool)
Making Tourism more Sustainable Part 2
Part 2: Social, Cultural and Environmental Factors that impact Ecotourism (for A02)
Environmental Factors
Climate Change and Tourism, UNWTO (2008)
Ecotourism: an economic concept for ecological sustainable tourism
Social Factors
Community participation in Ecotourism benefits: The link to conservation practices and perspectives
Sustaining ecotourism: Insights and implications from 2 successful case studies
A framework for sustainable ecotourism: application to Costa Rica
Regulating ecotourism in Galapagos: a case study
Tourism product development and the changing consumer demand: a case study of Kenya
The role of tourism in the conservation of cultural heritage in Kenya
Sustainable tourism marketing at a world heritage site
Basic orientation for the sustainability of European Tourism (2003)
Cultural Factors
Part 3: Belize (all units)
Shadow players, Eco development, corruption and state politices in Belize
There is some stuff in some of my books - so please make sure that you use these!
(c) tmanson@thinkgeography.org.uk
The latest update to this information was made on Friday 5th March 2010