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Article: Managing eco-tourism
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- January 25, 2002
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Tina Melan
New Straits Times
01-25-2002
Managing eco-tourism
Byline: Tina Melan
Edition: 2*
Memo: (STF) - This year is World Eco-Tourism Year. What exactly does eco- tourism mean and what are the measures a country can take to manage sustainable eco-tourism? TINA MELAN speaks to eco-tourism activist and Borneo Eco Tours managing director Albert Teo.
WHAT is eco-tourism? In this country it has been defined by the Eco-Tourism Master Plan of the Government as a tourism sector that is nature and culture based and one which benefits the local community, among others. Many people are not very clear on what it really means as there has been a widespread "misuse" of the term by irresponsible tour ...
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