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Ecotourism in a small Caribbean island: Lessons learned for economic development and nature preservation (Dominica).

机译：加勒比小岛上的生态旅游：为经济发展和自然保护而吸取的教训（多米尼加）。

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This study is an attempt to determine whether ecotourism, contrary to the impacts of traditional mass tourism, is having the anticipated impacts at the grassroots level on the small Caribbean island nation of Dominica. Ecotourism has become an alternative economic activity for people in many developing nations. Initially, in the quest for financial gains, the governments of these nations turned to conventional mass tourism as the generator of capital. However, the short-run need for capital has, in many cases, resulted in the long-run destruction of the cultural and physical environment of the destination country. Furthermore, the anticipated capital gains from mass tourism have not been realized as foreign involvement has led to the repatriation of revenues outside of these developing nations. This situation has left conservationists, governments, and their people searching for a more benign form of tourism, one that benefits the local people while maintaining the culture and environment. Many see ecotourism as a type of tourism that accomplishes the above-mentioned goals of financial gain, local benefits, and cultural and environmental maintenance. A review of some ecotourism destinations in Latin America and Africa show that the expected results have not been as forthcoming. Dominica presents a unique place to study ecotourism as it is a small island nation developing a comprehensive ecotourism product. The findings of this research suggests that ecotourism in Dominica is creating linkages with other parts of the Dominica economy, including the agriculture sector, and boosting more diverse regional development on the island. The evidence on the ability of ecotourism to alleviate seasonality in tourism arrivals to the island is inconclusive. However, it appears that involvement in the ecotourism industry, and a related reliance on the surrounding environment are strong motivating factors in getting people more concerned about their environment and practicing conservation measures.; This study of ecotourism on Dominica may prove instructive when considering sustainable development of tourism, particularly in the rest of the Caribbean and other small developing nations. This study has practical importance to Dominica and its government at a time when the industry is in its youthful stage and adjustments can be made early on to avoid irreparable damage. This research, done on alternative sustainable development options, is important now that other previously important economic activities such as agricultural exports are being closed off for many countries.
机译：这项研究旨在确定生态旅游是否与传统的大众旅游的影响相反，对加勒比小岛国多米尼加的草根阶层产生了预期的影响。生态旅游已成为许多发展中国家人民的另一种经济活动。最初，为了寻求经济利益，这些国家的政府转向传统的大众旅游业作为资本的产生者。然而，在许多情况下，对资金的短期需求已导致对目的地国文化和自然环境的长期破坏。此外，由于外国的参与已导致这些发展中国家以外的收入返还，因此尚未实现大众旅游业带来的预期资本收益。这种情况使环境保护主义者，政府及其人民正在寻找一种更加良性的旅游业形式，这种旅游业在维持文化和环境的同时也造福了当地人民。许多人将生态旅游视为实现上述经济利益，当地利益以及文化和环境维护目标的一种旅游。对拉丁美洲和非洲一些生态旅游目的地的回顾表明，预期的结果并没有那么快。多米尼加是一个研究生态旅游的独特地方，因为它是一个开发综合生态旅游产品的小岛国。这项研究的结果表明，多米尼加的生态旅游正在与多米尼加经济的其他部分（包括农业部门）建立联系，并促进该岛上更加多样化的区域发展。生态旅游有能力减轻岛上游客到访的季节性影响的证据尚无定论。然而，看来，参与生态旅游业以及对周围环境的相关依赖是促使人们更加关注其环境和实行保护措施的强大动力。在考虑旅游业的可持续发展时，尤其是在加勒比海其他地区和其他小发展中国家中，对多米尼加生态旅游的研究可能具有指导意义。在该行业处于年轻阶段的时候，这项研究对多米尼加及其政府具有实际意义，可以尽早进行调整以避免不可挽回的损失。这项关于替代性可持续发展选择的研究非常重要，因为许多国家已经关闭了其他以前重要的经济活动，如农产品出口。

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