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Soon after The “Good Tourism” Blog shared a link to a “GT” Insight about elephant tourism to an ecotourism industry Facebook group, the motivation of contributor John Roberts was questioned by an angry commentator: “The fact that someone employed in the elephant riding industry is writing critically about the negative impacts of Responsible Tourism on […]
Read More More shades of grey in elephant tourism
The “received wisdom” about elephant tourism that keeps conscientious travellers away from elephant-based attractions is doing more harm than good, according to elephant expert John Roberts in this “Good Tourism” Insight. UPDATE, May 2021: “GT” asked Mr Roberts whether he would like to update this “GT” Insight from July 2017. In light of the circumstances […]
Read More Elephant tourism: The harms of received wisdom
A 71-year-old New Hampshire, USA artist wants to develop an “ecotourism” product based on feeding bears and moose, according to an article in the Sentinel Source. Richard Whitney’s concept is simple: Find a remote, wooded area, create a controlled feeding site to attract wildlife and charge visitors to watch. Whitney and his partner were themselves charged […]
Read More Ecotourism & wildlife: To feed or not to feed?
A lodge owned by a murdered British rancher in Kenya’s northern Laikipia region announced its closure on Monday (June 5). This comes after the ranch property had been overrun by herders for months and ahead of August polls in which some politicians have made land reform a campaign issue. Tristan Voorspuy, a British army veteran, was shot […]
Read More Kenya tourist lodge shuts after land invasions, wildlife killings
The former Director-General of Sri Lanka’s Department of Wildlife Conservation (DWC) questioned whether Yala National Park can sustain tourism numbers skyrocketing more than 1,000% in seven years – from 48,368 visitors in 2008 to 545,007 in 2015. Dr Sumith Pilapitiya was tackling over-visitation and its consequences on biodiversity at an event to mark the International Day for […]
Read More Sri Lanka & Thailand slapped on biodiversity day
Scientists have warned that an endangered primate may be pushed into extinction by the development of concrete buildings for, ironically, a “luxury eco-tour resort complex”. Some 237 herds of red-shanked douc langurs (Pygathrix nemaeus), comprising more than 1,300 individuals, are living in the Sơn Trà Nature Reserve in Đà Nẵng, Vietnam, reports VNS. The Da […]
Read More Could a primate be driven to extinction by “ecotourism”?