ECO-TOURISM

by Andy the HoboTraveler.com
(Agro-Tourism or Ecotourism)

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INTRODUCTION

Greetings,
I am Andy the HoboTraveler.com. I have traveled the world for 7 years and 47 countries and believe that presently Eco-tourism is doing more harm to the ecology and people of the world than it benefits.
"Real Eco-tours and tourists are a minority."

Eco-Tourism is about the competition for land use between what is natural or man made. Eco-tourism is a way for nature to win the battle, by giving alternatives to people so they earn money by the observation of nature, and not by the development of land.

Eco-tourism is the solution and not the problem. I challenge the normal tourist set the standards for what is an acceptable Eco-tours and tourist ethics for traveling the world.

INTERACTIVE TREATISE
The internet is a miracle that can either contribute to the harm, or solve the problem.  This document is not intended to be static but a dynamic evolving forum for ideas. You are invited to contribute. Please be sure and complete the "Referred by" section to insure you receive proper credit.

Thank You
Andy the HoboTraveler.com

 

 

ECO-TOURISM MANIFESTO
by Andy the HoboTraveler.com
(Agro-Tourism)

HYPOTHESIS:
It is possible to create a public guide to defining and implementing "Eco-Tourism" by the creation of a interactive internet information forum that will empower the tourist to enforce responsible Eco-tourism.

MISSION
A public declaration of tourism principles that conserve, preserve and restore where needed the ecological systems of the world by creating international guidelines for Eco-Tourism and Agro-Tourism. These principles intend to educate with goal to change people. This includes the political, cultural, and customs of people of the world.

THE COMPETING PLAYERS OF ECO-TOURISM
The players of Eco-tourism are in competition for land usage of the world. Dominance of any group and the Eco-system is in danger of imbalance. These imbalances result in extinction of animals, and reversible and irreversible destruction of natural resources.
Nature
Local people and culture
   Communication
Public - Tourist - NGO
   Assess
   Policy and Criteria
   Monitoring
Eco-Business: Tour Company
Government
   Laws
   Enforcement

PUBLICATION TO PUBLIC
   Internet

CONTRIBUTE TO MANIFESTO
To assist the evolution of a better refined Eco-tourism manifesto all links are message boards where you can submit your comments. Good ideas will be brought forth to principal manifesto, and made and integral part of the document with credit given to submitter. This document is dynamic. Information will be amended or deleted as needed.

ECO-PHRASES OF VALUE
Leave nothing but your footprints
Do not destroy what you came to enjoy.
Pack out what you pack in 9
Take home memories, photographs when appropriate, and leave only good will. 9
I am an "ambassador for the environment." 10
You cannot enter a culture without changing it
"The rhetoric of a noble cause, used for commercial ends" Arthur Frommer 15


This page is new and evolving.
Slowly Chapters will be added.

Thank You
Andy the HoboTraveler.com