Hello, this is my blog post on eco-tourism and I had to answer three questions about it.
What is Ecotourism, Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment. While improving the well-being of the locals and the viewing experience for tourists, improving the reputation of the spot. Meaning more people visit, leading to more awareness and it often inspires people to go out and clean the environment. Ecotourism is also about people going and seeing awesome places without leaving a carbon footprint, such as zip line tours in countries like the Philippines, Thailand and Costa Rico, these countries provide opportunities for tourists to observe the fauna and flora of the rainforest without using any non-reusable fuels etc.
Why is it a growing trend? Being an ecotourist means you respect local laws, does not contribute to pollution, but instead relishes in the natural environment in which you're travelling in, all the while helping to protect and conserve the area. Because of this, more and more international programs are being held to further promote ecotourism.
How can tourism help our oceans? Workers will go and clean the surrounding area keeping the ocean clean and even deep cleaning them by cleaning the trash on the sea bed, while most people who "clean" the ocean just remove the trash from the top, which is a small percentage of trash in the ocean. And since people wouldn't want to see fishing boats near the oceans that they are looking after, fishing boats are being banned from more and more places, reducing the overfishing bit by bit.
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