Tourism ecotourism and protected areas the state of nature based tourism around the world and guidelines for its development ceballos lascurain hector 9782831701240 books amazonca. Derived from papers submitted at parks congress workshops 1992 the aim is to show how tourism and protected areas can flourish alongside each other by guiding the development of tourism along lines which respect the limited capacity of many areas to absorb the pressure of visitors and their activities. The aim is to show how tourism and protected areas can flourish alongside each other by guiding the development of tourism along lines which respect the limited capacity of many areas to absorb the pressure of visitors and their activities. This volume is based on papers presented at the tourism workshops held during the iv world congress on national parks and protected areas caracas venezuela 10 21 february 1992 and considers the many dangers that badly managed or uncontrolled tourism poses for the worlds natural protected areas and their associated cultural features it discusses the potential of ecotourism as a panacea . Tourism ecotourism and protected areas the state of nature based tourism around the world and guidelines for its development by ceballos lascurain hector full library record details publication year 1996 publication id 7006 lead derived from papers submitted at parks congress workshops 1992 the aim is to show how tourism and protected areas can flourish alongside each other