For that purpose, the ACT has established a
Special Commission for Tourism in 1990. It was
created to encourage ecological tourism in
Amazon, identify the effects of tourism related
activities upon natural resources and native
communities, promote research, exchange of
experience on different areas of tourism,
encourage co-operation between national, public
and private institutions engaged in tourism related
activities, in accordance with the general goals of
the Treaty, promote capacity-building and carry
out market surveys on aspects related to tourism