‘the development of an Ecotourism project depends on building a local
constituency that has a vested economic interest in protecting their natural
resources’ (CI, undated).
Conservation organisations have easily adapted to the new community focus
of conservation thinking and have made it their own. Yet is this really a more
‘people centred’ position? In fact, the Community Tourism agenda is no more
than a subtler version of an eco-centred philosophy. As Tourism Concern’s
Community Tourism Guide states: