Ecotourism and its Benefits

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111122112123.htm

The debate on ecotourism is one that has been closely followed. The ideas on it have been split, some saying it's beneficial due to money raised, but others say how destructive it can be since you exploit the areas. Recently, however, scientists have noticed a beneficial response to ecotourism, and seeing that it actually has helped organisms to continue to live. Some wish to use ecotourism for areas along a river [the Amazon in this case], since they are seen as "appealing." If these areas were under ecotourism they could be better protected and raise awareness. However it has not yet been compared to protected regions, to show if it is more beneficial or not, but for now we know that it can improve the life of an organism. Unfortunately it was seen that some giant otters were killed during river transport on boats, which some would use against ecotourism. Although protected areas have nothing to worry about that would endanger certain animals, ecotourism does have a few flaws, but when protecting an area becomes too expensive and cannot occur, ecotourism is a close second and a good back-up. Hopefully people that do happen to see the greatness of certain organisms will help to keep that organism around for a while and allowing future generations to witness it first hand.