v
2002). An expanding group of tourism companies now label their products variously
as “eco-tourism,” even as they strive for profit and the lack of a generally accepted set
of guidelines. Some scholars surprisingly argued that the so-called eco-tourism has
been responsible for damaging natural resources and habitats. Some critics even
accuse eco-tourism as “the activities that destroy ecosystem.” It is not surprising that
mainstream eco-tourism, originally born of low-impact intentions, is now faced with
similar problems and is being criticized as much as mass tourism.