12 Aug What are one benefit and one drawback of the amount of tourism on the Galapagos Islands
The passage introduces and compares geotourism to mass tourism. It also
features an interview with Jonathan Tourtellot, a geotourism advocate
and the founding director of the Destination Stewardship Center. As the
damage that mass tourism causes to natural locations and local
communities becomes more apparent, Tourtellot believes we should adopt a
geotourism approach for a more sustainable way of traveling the world.
Geotourism involves respecting the geographical diversity of a place and
aiming to have a more local experience when traveling. Geotravelers eat
locally, stay locally, and join in experiences run by locals so they
can experience the culture and history of a place more deeply.
Geotourism helps the local community earn a livelihood from tourists
without sacrificing the place where they live. The passage is based on
the article One on One: Jonathan Tourtellot by Daniel Westergren, which
appeared in National Geographic Traveler.
Online search terms: geotourism, Destination Stewardship Center, Jonathan Tourtellot
You can follow along by listening to the audio of The New Face of Tourism, by clicking here (Links to an external site.) and choosing the appropriate reading passage.
Pay particular attention to the section titled Critical Thinking on page 106.
The Critical Thinking box explains that writers often make an argument by contrasting pros and cons, or advantages and disadvantages. It provides a list of questions that you can think about when evaluating the strength of an argument. Review the questions and apply these concepts when you write.
The video explores the effect that tourism has had on the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, and explains efforts that are being made to reverse some negative impacts. Human activities on and near the islands are causing the natural environment to suffer. Now the government is working together with environmental groups and the local community to make the islands “greener” by being less dependent on nonrenewable resources.
Online search terms: GalÃpagos Islands, GalÃpagos renewable energy
Galapagos Tourism
What are one benefit and one drawback of the amount of tourism on the Galapagos Islands? Explain your answers.
