Abstract
The ecotourism literature is focused on market segmentation, ecological impacts of
wildlife viewing, and community-based ecotourism, but there has been minimal attention
to critical areas such as quality control, the industry, external environments or institutions
even as the components and parameters of ecotourism are being extended. This
imbalance, combined with the fragmentation and lack of integration within the literature,
suggest that ecotourism, as a field of academic inquiry, is still in a state of adolescence.
Keywords: Ecotourism, Literature review