There are many different benefits that can be derived from ecotourism if it is used as a tool by local communities rather than large outside interests. However, the results are a direct reflection of the motivation behind the project. Since these motivations are often mixed too. Identify and mobilize funding for potential private nature tourism investments. Ecotourism enterprises, like most business ventures, need operating capital. USAID and other donors can help identify promising funding sources. Formulate fiscal policies to promote nature tourism and to maximize its economic and environmental benefits. USAID can encourage public policies (such as visitor fees, regulations for tourism operations, and investment incentives and land-use zones for tourist facilities) that promote environmentally sound tourism as well as community involvement in providing services and products such as guides, lodging, transports, and crafts. Implicit in the concept of sustainability as defined above and as defined by virtually every organization involved in Sustainable development, is the concept of limits. Limits mean controls, controls mean do’s and don’ts developed from in-depth research on such things as environmental and social indicators and carrying capacities. No where is this more important than eco-tourism. Eco tourism is in its infancy in Vietnam, yet it has certainly become a buzz word in a short period of time. Everyone appears to be talking about it – and the media are latching onto the term wholeheartedly. My preliminary observation is that there is a general lack of understanding, in both the local media and tourism industry, of what constitutes an eco-tourism experience,
There are many different benefits that can be derived from ecotourism if it is used as a tool by local communities rather than large outside interests. However, the results are a direct reflection of the motivation behind the project. Since these motivations are often mixed too. Identify and mobilize funding for potential private nature tourism investments. Ecotourism enterprises, like most business ventures, need operating capital. USAID and other donors can help identify promising funding sources. Formulate fiscal policies to promote nature tourism and to maximize its economic and environmental benefits. USAID can encourage public policies (such as visitor fees, regulations for tourism operations, and investment incentives and land-use zones for tourist facilities) that promote environmentally sound tourism as well as community involvement in providing services and products such as guides, lodging, transports, and crafts. Implicit in the concept of sustainability as defined above and as defined by virtually every organization involved in Sustainable development, is the concept of limits. Limits mean controls, controls mean do’s and don’ts developed from in-depth research on such things as environmental and social indicators and carrying capacities. No where is this more important than eco-tourism. Eco tourism is in its infancy in Vietnam, yet it has certainly become a buzz word in a short period of time. Everyone appears to be talking about it – and the media are latching onto the term wholeheartedly. My preliminary observation is that there is a general lack of understanding, in both the local media and tourism industry, of what constitutes an eco-tourism experience,