Uma ubona amanye amaholide ezenza i-ecotourism uzoxolelwa ngokucabanga ukuthi igama elithi “greenwash” laqanjelwa imboni yezokuvakasha. O, kwakunjalo. Eqinisweni le hybrid eyayisetshenziswa kabi yaqanjwa ngeminyaka yawo-1980 isazi sezemvelo saseMelika u-Jay Westervelt, owacasulwa indlela amahhotela afaka ngayo izimpawu enxusa izivakashi ukuthi ziphinde zisebenzise amathawula azo ngaleyo ndlela “zisindise imvelo” kuyilapho zingenzi lutho ukukhuthaza ukugaywa kabusha kwezinto kwenye indawo. ngempela, wayesola, wayefuna nje ukonga izikweletu ilondolo.
Kusukela lapho izinto ziye zaba ngcono, kodwa kusenezinkambo eziningi ezigqoke ithegi mbumbulu ethi “ecotourism”. Lokhu kuhlanganisa ukubhukuda namahlengethwa avalelwe (ifilimu eyingxenye ethi The Cove on the year dolphin slaughter in Japan iyisikhumbuzo seqiniso lokubanjwa nokuhweba kwawo) kanye namaholide okuzingela anezabelo “ezisimeme” - iTanzania ithole ukugxekwa ngokudayiswa kwezindawo zokhokho. kuma-monopoly ngaphansi kwentengo yemakethe, okushiya izizwe zendawo ziphakeme futhi zomile.
Kodwa ngokuvamile abenzi bamaholide benza iphutha lemibono eqhubekayo - njengezokuthutha ezingenamthelela ophansi - nge-ecotourism. Ucwaningo olwenziwa yi-Heidelberger Institute for Energy and Environmental Research ngokuqhathanisa imingcele engcolisayo kanye nemiphumela yemvelo yezokuthutha zamaholide ezehlukene luthole ukuhamba komqeqeshi ukusebenzisa amandla angaphansi ngokuphindwe kasithupha kunezindiza. Kodwa lokhu akumenzi umqeqeshi wakho uhambo lwe-ecotourism.
Ukwenza umehluko kungase kuzwakale njengokuhamba ngezinyawo kodwa kubalulekile. I-Ecotourism ayinayo incazelo engokomthetho efakiwe, kodwa izinhlaka ezifana ne-Nature Conservancy kanye ne-World Conservation Union ziyavumelana ngemingcele yayo - ukuthi isekelwe emvelweni, ifundisa ngemvelo, ilawulwa ngendlela eqhubekayo futhi inikela ekuvikelweni kwendawo yemvelo. Isikali naso sibalulekile. Kufanele ukhethe iphrojekthi ngokusobala encane, elawulekayo futhi ebuyela ngqo emnothweni wendawo.
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Encwadini yakhe enhle kakhulu ethi Ecotourism and Sustainable Development: Who Owns Paradise? U-Martha Honey uthi ukuvakasha kwemvelo kweqiniso kufanele kuhilele ukubala okuyiqiniso okuholwa ukongiwa kwemvelo kokuthi zingaki izivakashi ezingagcina indawo yazo yokuhlala. Okudumile ukuthi iziqhingi zaseGalapagos zisebenzisa ama-quotas, umnyakazo ondiza ngaphansi kwentando yeningi yokuhamba ngokuzenzakalelayo kodwa ongase usindise enye yezindawo zokuhlala ezisengozini kakhulu emhlabeni.
