An news item of interest that I have found on ENN (environment news network)
http://www.enn.com/net.html?id=2025
Essentially this article talks about how growing ecotourism on the island of Yakushima, Japan, is damaging the nests of the endangered North Pacific Loggerhead turtle.
To me this shows the increasing interest and thus the increasing value in environmental tourism, but clearly not all Ecotourism is created equal. Care must be taken to research and choose appropriate conservation enhancing Ecotourism destinations that also directly benefit local people. If you don't like what a tour group or "Ecotourist" site is doing, don't participate and publicise, on this BLOG and others, what you don't like.
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