Enhancement of Visited Areas Management Based on Ecotourism Management Key Strategies
Subject Areas : environmental management
Tahere Ardakani
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Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences & Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ardakan University, P.O. Box 184, Ardakan, Iran*(Corresponding Author)
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Ali Reza Mikaeli
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- Associate Professor of Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sci. & Natural Resources, Golestan , Iran
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Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny
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Professor of Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sci. & Natural Resources, Golestan , Iran.
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Marjan Mohammadzadeh
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Associate Professor of Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sci. & Natural Resources, Golestan , Iran.
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Keywords: Ecotourism, Tourism Management Strategies, Conservation and Sustainable Development, Planning and Management,
Abstract :
Background and Objective: Ecotourism is an important economic activity in natural areas of the world and will provide opportunities for visitors to experience the manifestation of nature and culture and this important happens in visited areas. Managers must be able to make balance between recreation needs and resulted impacts of ecotourism in those areas. This paper provides a set of guidelines to facilitate decisions regarding ecotourism management and development for ecotourism managers.Material and Methodlogy: This study is aiming at a mention of the importance of strategies implementation and necessity of correct using those by overview of the important management strategies of visited areas for achieving to sustainable development goal from past to now, for example UNWTO, Eurostate, The Nature Conservancy.Findings: Management strategies form a base of an ecotourism management plan (EMP). In this paper, ecotourism management key strategies were introduced in detail that included zoning for visitor uses, planning and design of visits site, sustainable infrastructure design, mechanisms for income generation, management and monitoring visitors and naturalist guides.Discussion and Conclusion: Conditions will provide for potential empowerment of areas for ecotourism as a force in order to protect environment and sustainable development by the result of implementing each of these management strategies in a visited area and these will be fruitful for managers of visited areas and as well as other agencies such as, tour operator and hotel developers.
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