Ecotourism and conservation in the americas

Among today’s contending conservation and development strategies, ecotourism is one of the most popular. It seeks to curb the often deleterious effects of large-scale, conventional tourism on local communities and ecosystems. But more than that, it holds the promise of overcoming a number of today’s biggest environmental and social challenges. Ideally, ecotourism can help conserve biological and cultural
diversity, alleviate rural poverty, strengthen ties between parks and neighbouring peoples, increase public awareness of environmental concerns, and manifest a new ‘triple bottom line’ for business that
includes profit, social benefits and environmental conservation.