Economic Benefits Of Ecotourism

1-Identify the possible economic benefits and costs of ecotourism.

Ecotourism is all about uniting preservation, communities and sustainable travel without harming the destination or the natural habitat of the destination. Ecotourism always have benefits and cost, but it never can have just benefits or just costs.

Some of the possible economic benefits of ecotourism are that it can provide job opportunities to the local community which will provide them with a source of income and improved lifestyle for the locals. It can bring foreign currency into the country when the foreigner pay for entrance fees, souvenirs, local food etc. tax revenues that the government can earn from entrance fees, charges on the visa application for tourists, etc.

Benefits :

Ecotourism involves visitors who visits the sites, so the management team which manages the place or the government needs to appoint employees and guards to direct the tourists to the allowed areas and protect the surrounding environment from vandals which will provide job opportunities for the locals. When the tourist stay at local accommodations and use local airlines rather than using foreign airlines and accommodation and buying local products this helps to increase the foreign currency in the destination country.

The income or money which comes from the tax or the foreign investment in the ecotourism can support improvements of the infrastructure which will result in benefit for the tourist and locals.

Costs:

There are many reasons that may cause the economic leakage such as the tourist staying at foreign hotels or buying foreign products and cosmetics, and a hotel which imports it 's products as food or any material from other countries to satisfy the clients (tourist) that act leads to economic leakage and results in country having less foreign

the first strategy to maximize the potential benefits and minimize the cost is for the country law makers to establish a law that protect the local business. By making it I know that tourism Is of crucial importance to the country’s economic state, and to protect the place itself by forcing laws to protect the place. simple laws such as no littering, no factory waste, etc.… the more littered and damaged the place is the more people inclined to visit such place. making lose its