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Abstract
Eco-tourism has become very popular among tourists looking for an alternative to conventional tours, and with many governments and communities searching for a development tool. The growing attraction of this type of tourism is evident in attempts by mass tourism packagers to use the eco-tourism label. In 1989, eco-tourism and the broader category of adventure travel captured almost 10 percent of the tourist market, and were growing at a rate of 30 percent per year (Whelen, 1991). In Belize, for example, where almost all tourism is nature-oriented, tourism receipts increased from $8 million in 1981, to $91 million in 1990 (25 percent of the gross domestic product) (Carter, 1995).
Citation
Thompson, Alton; Mercer, D. Evan; Alston, Antoine J. 1999. Planning for Ecotourism in Communities Near the B&JCM National Park. In: Eco-tourism in the Blue and John Crow Mountain National Park of Jamaica, West Indies. Research Technical Bulletin Series T-141. Agricultural Research Program. North Carolina A&T State University. pp 34-52.
