(Mountain Gorillas Trek)
ecotourism
Ecotourism has to do with touring. It is defined as responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education. Tourism directed toward exotic, often threatened, natural environments, especially to support conservation efforts and observe wildlife. Touring different places provide positive experiences for both visitors and hosts & deliver memorable interpretative experiences to visitors that help raise sensitivity to host countries' political, environmental, and social climates.
L’écotourisme est le voyage responsable aux parcs pour conserver l’environnement et maintenir la culture locale et améliorer l’education. Le tourisme est dirigé envers les environnements exotiques et menacés pour soutenir leurs efforts de conservation et observer la faune et le flore. Le tourisme crée les experiences positives pour les visiteurs et les hotes et augmenter la prise de conscience des problèmes politiques, environnementales, et sociales.
L’écotourisme est le voyage responsable aux parcs pour conserver l’environnement et maintenir la culture locale et améliorer l’education. Le tourisme est dirigé envers les environnements exotiques et menacés pour soutenir leurs efforts de conservation et observer la faune et le flore. Le tourisme crée les experiences positives pour les visiteurs et les hotes et augmenter la prise de conscience des problèmes politiques, environnementales, et sociales.
definition of ecotourism
ecotourism in virunga
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One step that Virunga has taken to promote ecotourism is by offering people a place to stay as well as to eat.
Single person - $244 (including breakfast) Double occupancy - $325 (including breakfast) Another step Virunga has taken to increase ecotourism is when tourist come to visit Virunga they recommend them to stay in a hotel at the city they arrive in as well pay for their taxi to get to Virunga. Virunga also offers one-way round trip to many different places of DRC. Virunga also offers places to stay and eat during your time at the park. One place they offer is Mikeno Lodge which is a small luxurious spacious lodge according to one of the tourist. Virunga also offers camps and many different treks to see the different parts of Virunga and their animals there. One trek is viewing the Nyiragongo Volcano, they offer to see the mountain gorillas, and the chimpanzee habituation trek. ( "The Official Website of Virunga National Park - The Virunga Alliance."Virunga National Park.) |
benefit to surrounding communities
An increase of ecotourism would benefit the communities surrounding Virunga by giving them more money which they can use to build essential houses and villages.
revenue projections
("The Official Website of Virunga National Park - The Virunga Alliance.")
recommendations to improve ecotourism
Works cited
"The Official Website of Virunga National Park - The Virunga Alliance."Virunga National Park. Cause Launch Creative, 2015. Web. 04 May 2015.
- Mountain Gorillas Trek. Digital Image. Virunga National Park. 2015. Web.
- No summer tourism for the Virunga National Park. Digital Image. Wildlife Direct. July 12. 2012. Web
- Gorillas suffer as eco-tourists get too close, warn researchers. Digital Image. Guardian News. 2015. Web