ECOTOURISM, POLICY AND PRACTICE

ecotourism , POLICY AND PRACTICE : Including a Case Study from the Maya Forest Submitted by: Wendy Rubinstein, Candidate Mariana Valdes-Fauli, Candidate Kevin Gould, Candidate Tauheed Khan, , Candidate University of Florida Conservation Clinic Thomas T. Ankersen, Director I. Introduction A. Overview of the tourism Industry tourism , the single largest industry in the world, accounts for one third of all international trade, and many view tourism as a vehicle for economic The World tourism Organization reports that 625 million international travelers spent US$ billion in travel related costs excluding airfare in Furthermore, the ecotourism Society projects that over the next two decades arrivals will increase by and receipts will climb by Late twentieth century phenomena like an increase in wealth, an increase in the number of retired persons with income to travel.

I. Introduction A. Overview of the Tourism Industry Tourism, the single largest industry in the world, accounts for one third of all international trade, and many view tourism as a vehicle for economic development.1 The World Tourism Organization reports that 625 million international travelers spent

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