Sustainable Development Ecotourism in West Papua: Learning From the Scottish Experience
Abstract
Over the last three decades the ecotourism industry has experienced significant socio-economic changes in many countries. The notion of tourist destination has moved from traditional concept that focuses on a time of leisure and enjoyment to one more friendly to the environment. The new forms of tourism are promoted as environmentally safe way for rural communities to generate income from natural resources (Kline, 2001). In other word, nowadays tourists are concerned with “green” (ecotourism) that prioritize sustainable development in the management of the tourism industry.
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