Human Geography (Tourism)

Eco Tourism - Gambia

Ecotourism is when people visit a place because of it's natural beauty and cause as little harm to it as possible. Ecotourism comes from 2 key ideas:

Conservation - thoughtful use and carefully planned use of resources in order to maintain the environment for future generations.

Stewardship - the responsibility of looking after things so that the environment is there for the present people and the people of the future.

Attractions

• Peaceful location
• 2,000 trees
• Owned by local people
• Round houses are hotels and there is only 9

Environmental positive

• Composting toilets which use no water and the compost is used in fertilizer
• Fresh water swimming pool uses natural filters and no chemicals to clean the water which attracts many birds
• Renewable energy such as solar pannels…