LESSON 2 MIDTERM Flashcards
It is a tool guide the development of tourism in a protected area by
creating and representing the vision of all the stakeholders wile fulfilling
the conservation objectives of the site
ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT
PLAN
It should result in a document expressing the stakeholders’
recommendations for how ecotourism is to be carried out in a particular
area.
ECOTOURISM MANAGEMENT
PLAN
should be open and transparent. Once it is
completed, it must be publicized and distributed to stakeholders.
The PLANNING PROCESS
The plan could be written as a separate document or included in the
general management plan for the protected area. T or F?
TRUE
Who
participates in
the planning
process?
*Protected Area Staff
*Community Participants
*Specialist / Scientist
*Nonprofit Org / NGOs
*Government Agencies
*Tour Operators
- Ecotourism identified as a
potential opportunity - Preliminary Site Evaluation
- Full Site Diagnostic
PHASE
1
- Ecotourism Management Planning
- Tourism Management Capacity
Zoning, Visitor Site Plan, Sustainable
Design, Income Generation, Impact
Monitoring, Guide Certification.
PHASE
2
Ecotourism Management Plan
Implementation
Ecotourism Business
Development
PHASE
3
- Measure Success
* Biodiversity health
* Threat abatement (Success
Mitigation strategy)
PHASE
4
Any planning process cost money, and an EMP is exception.
Money will be needed to pay for. T or F?
FALSE
There are basically four different sources of
funding for an EMP.
International Assistance
National Sources
Local Communities/Governments
Tourism Industry
is about inclusion and involvement of all concerned.
Ecotourism
Providing enough tourism supply to meet the anticipated
demand is a challenge for the tourism planner or
manager
MATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND
can be function of the persons propensity to
travel and the reciprocal of the resistance of the link between
origin and destination areas
DEMAND TO A DESTINATION
determined
largely by his or her psychographic profile and travel motivation
PROPENSITY
Relates to relative attractiveness of various
destinations. Such as Economic Distance, Cultural Distance, Cost
of Service, Quality of Service and Seasonality.
RESISTANCE
Relates to the time and cost involved in
traveling from the origin to the destination area and back
ECONOMIC DISTANCE
Refers to the extent to which the culture of the
area from which the tourist originates differs from the culture of the host
region
CULTURAL DISTANCE