Affiliation:
1. NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research, Faisalabad, Pakistan
2. Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
3. University of Central Punjab, Pakistan
Abstract
The booming tourism sector encourages individuals to travel to experience new customs and celebrations, meet new people, learn about civilizations, and travel to discover nature, adventures, wonders, and societies. Tourism development aims to increase and maintain business by attracting tourists to a particular area. Ecotourism is tourism that supports local community benefit production, nature conservation, and tourism-related activities. It also enhances community safety and protection in protected areas. Few well-researched and synthesized accounts provide the most recent advancements and trends in ecotourism research regarding research gaps, geographic distributions, research approach applicability, research context, and subject themes. In the developing world, there are still unresolved issues concerning the economic and environmental implications of ecotourism, planning, development, management challenges, and residents' attitudes towards ecotourism.
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