Ecotourism

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This paper discusses ecotourism in Africa and the benefits it might bring as well as the problems it might cause, noting that ecotourism means combining travel and a concern for ecology around the idea of visiting natural sites and often working to improve the environment while doing so. This type of tourism has been featured by some countries and by different types of travel booking groups and companies, some commercial and some sponsored by non-governmental organizations, desirous of improving the environment.

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"Many countries promote tourism as an economic engine that brings visitors, provides money, increase employment, and even gives the countries cachet on the world stage. Tourism can be promoted in numerous ways, with the most basic being to emphasize local historical, natural, and man-made points of interest. One way that has been developed with some success is known as ecotourism, combining travel and a concern for ecology around the idea of visiting natural sites and often working to improve the environment while doing so. This type of tourism has been featured by some countries and by different types of travel booking groups and companies, some commercial and some sponsored by NGOs desirous of improving the environment."

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