The research is located in Ulem-ulem destination of Tetebatu Village. Management forest area and its surroundings has not been optimally carried out, resulting less effective inter-sectoral coordination. pattern natural resources utilization by the community government fully able to support preservation, such as minimum understanding concept ecotourism. In addition, Tourism Village Agency Aware...

Ecotourism is a major driver of tourism in rural, usually remote peripheral regions several African countries including South Africa. The aim this paper to examine the planning and establishment challenges which surround development an urban ecotourism project research focuses on Dinokeng Game Reserve geographically located boundary one Africa’s metropolitan areas situated country’s economic he...

sustainable ecotourism is a nature oriented tourism that maintains a sound relationship with the natu-ral environment, and contributes to its conservation. ecological understanding is a prerequisite of sus-tainable ecotourism. nature conservation and ecotourism are interdependent. there should be a sym-biotic relationship between the two, in which, both derive sustainable benefits in a lengthy ...

Community-based social marketing is a relatively new approach in marketing which makes use of social networks within communities to disseminate marketing messages in a information campaign. Agent-based models can be used as a tool for exploring the sensitivity of such campaigns to the structure of social networks within target communities. We develop an agentbased model for a social marketing c...

Ecotourism is based on three main concepts: conservation and protection of the environment, supporting local cultures and economies and environmental education for both locals and tourists. Thus far much of the research has focused on the first two components; largely ignoring the importance that environmental education has in the future of ecotourism and the conservation movement as a whole. T...

Nature tourism is being increasingly promoted as a means to combat the inequality and dependency in rural areas. Furthermore, ecotourism as a subset of nature tourism has emerged as a potential mechanism for involving rural communities in the management of their natural resources, and thus benefit from their conservation efforts. This paper presents the results of a study undertaken within thre...

Community-based conservation (CBC) in general, and ecotourism in particular, arose to correct human injustices and social impacts wrought by a p rio r model o f protected area management that subordinated resident peoples' welfare and rights, and local econom ic development, to envirorunental preservation (West and Brechin 1991). Proponents o f community-based ecotourism defend i t as a loca ll...

One of the primary challenges facing ecotourism management is to establish a profitable and ecologically sustainable industry, while simultaneously achieving a satisfying experience for visitors and raising standards of living in the host community. This paper analyses the management practices and challenges faced by two ecotourism attractions on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, namely ...