Sentences with word «ecotourist»

Great Otway National Park is easily accessed and is a dream destination for ecotourists, with its wide variety of wildlife including the duck - billed platypus, birdlife and natural beauty.

The number of ecotourists visiting Costa Rica has increased steadily at an average rate of 15 percent per year since 1992.

The Cavinti Underground river and caves complex is yet another of Laguna's hot ecotourist destinations.

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If you want to see the world's most fascinating creatures — without actually doing the work suggested in Ecotourists Save the World, then Brodowsky's second effort with the National Wildlife Federation, Destination Wildlife can give you the how, when, and where.

Ecotourists send in snapshots, which are fed into a database called the Whale Shark Photo - Identification Library.

Then, in 1996, an Australian ecotourist company informed University of California, Santa Cruz, marine biologist Daniel Costa that a group of dwarf minkes regularly congregates around its boat, the Undersea Explorer, coming within meters of snorkelers.

For example, income from ecotourists is invested in local schools and other community projects.

For ecotourists looking to explore all the natural and historical wonders of Belize, they can either take a short flight, travel by boat or take a bus to Cayo, the nation's largest district and home to Belmopan, the nation's capital.

The whale watching industry provides ecotourists and marine mammal enthusiasts the opportunity to see groups of gray whales as they migrate.

Through clever marketing, by tapping into the local love of the selfie, and promoting the boardwalk as «the love bridge», the mangroves have since become a popular ecotourist destination favoured by young couples for its romantic atmosphere (although signage warns «no immoral acts» with an illustration of a couple holding hands).

This unique wilderness area offers ecotourists the ideal place for encounters with the Big Five and allows visitors to track elephant and rhino on foot or view them from the comfort of open safari vehicles.

The town has a fascinating blue - collar history and a bright green ecotourist future as it evolves into one of North America's best as - yet undiscovered outdoor adventure destinations.

Our group of a dozen ecotourists was making its way back from visiting the Short - Tailed Albatross chick, only the second of this critically endangered species to have hatched on Midway in modern times.

And there are more permanent volunteers on Midway than the passing ecotourists.

This country is excellent for ecotourists and those looking to learn more about sustainability — also, those looking to enjoy some aquatic fun!

For example, the soy and beef industry in Brazil thrived despite moratoria preventing deforestation, Vietnam expanded agricultural production and forest area simultaneously, and Costa Rica's well protected forests attract millions of ecotourists each year.»

For a more hands - on approach to your next trip, look to Ecotourists Save the World, written by Pamela K. Brodowsky and the National Wildlife Federation: The book highlights 300 different programs from around the world — including the Fur Seal Project in Alaska, the Adriatic Dolphin Project in Croatia, and the Open Minded Project in Thailand — that concentrate on wildlife conservation.

Mitchell hopes that a better understanding of the leatherbacks» nesting habits will increase the likelihood that ecotourists will show up when the turtles are nesting.

Jason Gedamke's Web page, with whale sounds and pictures Info on minke whales and ecotourist / research trips aimed at studying them, from Undersea Explorer More sound files Chris Clark's whale communication research at Cornell

The massive growth of the ecotourist industry has biologists worried.

Over the past 10 years, the park has sold fairy circles to ecotourists for about $ 50 each.

To address this challenge, researchers harnessed modern technology, creating an online photo database called Wildbook for Whale Sharks and enlisted the help of ecotourists and citizens across the globe to upload any images of whale sharks they happened to see or encounter anywhere in the world.

Vital scientific information about whale shark behavior, biology and ecology is being uncovered by an unlikely source — ecotourists and other citizens.

In this case, the Gomantong Cave is an ecotourist hot spot.

For ecotourists, Estero Bluffs State Park (just north of town) offers a look at rich and diverse natural habitat, including inter-tidal, estuarine salt marsh dunes, and grasslands.

A Monterey Bay whale watching trip with Blue Ocean Whale Watch is the perfect activity for families, ecotourists, and photographers.

Catering to ecotourists and those with a taste for adventure, Greentracks offers Peruvian river cruises that focus on wildlife viewing and cultural education.

In addition to his many years of newspaper experience, Silk was a 2009 Metcalf fellow at the Institute for Marine and Environmental Reporting and is also the author of a book, «An Ecotourist's Guide to the Everglades and the Florida Keys,» which will soon be published by University Press of Florida.

Everything you need to know about group travel and international volunteering from the mouth of a travel expert and a ecotourist.

Known as the Garden Isle, Kauai is not only a golf paradise, but one of the special spots in the world for honeymooners, ecotourists and folks just looking to get away from it all.

The retreat ia an ecotourists delight — stroll under giant strangler figs, along fern - lined gorges, lay in a hammock over a crystal pool, then snuggle up for the night with your loved one and let the chorus of native wildlife seranade you to sleep.

During the dry season (Dec — May) the Cayo region, with its National Parks and protected reserves, is a haven for the Ecotourist.

Since Five Sisters Lodge & Tours opened in 1995, it has been a popular escape for ecotourists and nature lovers.

Then, the day after Thanksgiving, rescuers plucked them from a lifeboat after the ecotourist cruise ship they shared with 152 others rammed an iceberg and slowly sank into the sea off Antarctica...»

The family is now looking to allow bird watchers and ecotourists to stay on their ranch.

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Read the article Ecotourism and Its Impact on Forest Conservation, to get a sense of the risks: «In Nepal, ecotourists have stripped the landscape bare of sticks and twigs for fuel and left trash that spoils the experience for future visitors.

The Oceanic Society does a wonderful job setting up opportunities for ecotourists to give back to the islands.