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Benefits and Cost of Ecoturism

Ecotourism can provide both direct and indirect benefits but also direct and indirect costs. Direct benefits include providing incentives to protect the environment, assisting with habitat maintenance, and generating funds to expand protected areas. Indirect benefits are fostering environmentalism and protected areas improving the environment. Direct costs are impacts from environmental restructuring/waste and tourist activities. Indirect costs include effects from included conservation, exposure to less benign tourism, and problems valuing nature economically.

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Benefits and Cost of Ecoturism

Ecotourism can provide both direct and indirect benefits but also direct and indirect costs. Direct benefits include providing incentives to protect the environment, assisting with habitat maintenance, and generating funds to expand protected areas. Indirect benefits are fostering environmentalism and protected areas improving the environment. Direct costs are impacts from environmental restructuring/waste and tourist activities. Indirect costs include effects from included conservation, exposure to less benign tourism, and problems valuing nature economically.

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TM 2-2

B e n e f i t s a n d C o s t
Of ec o t o u r i s m

Presenter 4
topics of
discussion
Direct and Indirect
Benefits of ecotourism

Direct and Indirect


Cost of ecotourism
Direct Benefits
of ecotourism
Incentive to protect natural
01 environments
b it a t
is t w it h h a
Ecotourists ass e n t
02 maintenance and e n h a n c e m

u n d s a n d e x p a n d
Provide f
03 p r o t e c t e d a r e a s
01 Incentive to protect natural
environments
Reward that are given to individuals
or communities to encourage them to
engage in behavior that benefit the
environment and conserve natural
resources
02
Ecotourists assist with habitat
maintenance and enhancement

Practice of visitors to a natural


environment contributing to the
conservation and management of that
environment
Provide funds and expand
03 protected areas
Donating money to help conserve
and protect natural areas by
expanding existing protected areas
or creating new ones.
Indirect benefits
of ecotourism
Exposure to ecotourism
01 foster environmentalist

Areas protected for


02 ecotourism provide
environmental benefits
01 Exposure to ecotourism
foster environmentalist

Exposure to ecotourism can


help people appreciate the
beauty and diversity of the
natural world.
May develop an appreciation
for and concern for the
environment
02 Areas protected for ecotourism
provide environmental benefits
Refers to the practice of
setting aside of natural
environment to be
protected
Protected from
development, extraction, or
other forms of degradation.
This can help conserve
natural resources, restore
damaged ecosystem, and
improve the overall health
of the environment
direct cost of ecotourism
Impacts of permanent

01
environmental restructuring
and generation of waste
residuals

Impacts of tourist
02 activities
01
Impacts of permanent environmental
restructuring and generation of
waste residuals
A negative effects that an
occur when natural
environments are permanently
altered.
Waste generated by
ecotourism activities, such as
food waste, plastic, and waste
water, which can harm the
environment.
Impacts of tourist
02 activities
Negative ecological effects that
can result from the activities of
tourists in a particular area.
Tourist may also bring waste or
pollution to the area, impacting
the natural environment.
Tourist may increase demand
for certain goods and services
Indirect cost of
ecotourism
Effects of included
01 environmental restructuring
r m s
s b e n ig n f o
Exposure to les
02 of tourism
c ia t e d w it h t h e
Problems asso
03 economic v a lu a t io n o f n a t u r e
01
Effects of included
environmental restructuring
It refers to he positive or negative
impacts that can result from the
inclusion of conservation practices in
the design and construction of
ecotourism infrastructure
02 Exposure to less benign forms
of tourism
If people are exposed to less harmful
fo rm s of to ur ism , su ch as ec ot ou ri sm ,
they will be less likely engage in more
harmful forms of tourism, such as
mass tourism or trophy hunting.
03
Problems associated with the
economic valuation of nature

Refers to the challenges that arise


when trying to put a monetary value
on the natural environment.
Group 4
Leonardo Valdez Ing at ,
Klaysie Jean Maulion
Vernie Reign Oriel Sal am a t
Rochel Ramos Po!
Tom Arzaga

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