 | Ecotourism and other Services Derived from Forests in the Asia- Pacific Region: Outlook to 2010. (FAO - Forestry, 1997) |
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| | INFORMATION NOTE ON ASIA-PACIFIC FORESTRY SECTOR OUTLOOK STUDY |
| | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| | A NOTE ON LANGUAGE |
| | 1. INTRODUCTION |
|  | 2. SERVICES PROVIDED BY FORESTS |
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| | 2.1 Categories Of Services |
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| | Ecological services |
| | Economic services |
| | Sociocultural services |
| | Scenic and landscape services and values |
| | The relative importance of the various services |
| | 2.2 Relationship Between Services of Forests and Forest Production |
| | 2.3 Institutional and Policy Environment |
| | 2.4 Issues In Maintenance of Services of Forests |
| | 2.5 Summary of Issues Related to Services Provided by Forests |
| | 3. ECOTOURISM |
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| | 3.1 Ecotourism, Definitions, Concepts and Visitor Types |
| | 3.2 Actors in the Ecotourism “System” |
| | 3.3 Overview of Tourism and Ecotourism in the Asia-Pacific Region |
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| | Tourism in the Region |
| | Future Growth in Tourism in the Region |
| | Ecotourism in the Region |
| | Past and Future Ecotourism Growth in the Region |
| | 3.4 The Dimensions of Ecotourism |
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| | Environmental Dimension |
| | Experiential Dimension |
| | Sociocultural Dimension |
| | Economic Dimension |
| | 4. OUTLOOK: ISSUES, TRENDS, IMPLICATIONS, AND OPTIONS |
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| | 4.1 Preserving Services Derived from the Forest: Protected Area and Social Forestry Approaches |
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| | Protected areas and their management |
| | Movements towards a community/social forestry approach |
| | 4.2 Need for Increased Research and Utilization of Results |
| | 4.3 Importance of Social Issues in Management |
| | 4.4 Continued Funding Difficulties in Natural Areas |
| | 4.5 Ecotourism Management: Low Level of Funding and Reliance on Simplistic Strategies Like Carrying Capacity |
| | 4.6 Growth in International and Domestic Visitation |
| | 4.7 Change in the Visitor Market |
| | 4.8 Continued or Increased Competition, Particularly for International Visitors |
| | 4.9 Importance of Interpretation |
| | 4.10 Importance of Partnerships Among Ecotourism Actors |
| | 4.11 Greater Private Sector Roles in Management of Natural Areas |
| | 4.12 Pressure to Use Natural Areas for Activities that are Not Nature-Dependent |
| | 4.13 Professionalization of Operators and Desire to Exclude Those Not Meeting Professional Criteria |
| | 4.14 Tendency for Dominance by Larger Operators and Those Located in Regional or National Centres |
| | 4.15 Summary of Issues, Trends, Implications, and Options |
| | REFERENCES |
| | ANNEX - COUNTRY ECOTOURISM NOTES |
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| | COUNTRY NOTE: AUSTRALIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: CHINA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: INDIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: INDONESIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: MALAYSIA |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: NEPAL |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: POHNPEI |
| | COUNTRY NOTE: THAILAND |
Scenic and landscape services and values
This more general set of services highlights ideas of aesthetics and beauty as components of services of forests. For example, the Himalayas provide a service within this context, and one within which ecotourism operates. From a tourist’s perspective, these values may be high on their decision making priorities, which would indicate protection of these services are important for ecotourism. Scenic and landscape values also may be important for residents.
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