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Case one: The challenge of introducing ecotourism into China’s protected area network

Question 1:

(a) What factors hinder the development of soft and hard ecotourism in China’s protected area system?

(b) Given limited resources, which two factors should be rectified first?

(c) What should be done to correct these two factors?

Question2:

(d) Why does there appear to be little conformity between the way domestic tourists behave in China’s nature reserves and the East Asian model of ecotourism’ described in Practitioner’s perspective: An East Asian model of ecotourism?

(e) What could be done, if anything, to increase the likelihood that such a model becomes normative in these protected area?

Case two: John Gray’s Sea Canoe

Lessons from Thailand in success and failure

Question 1

(a) From the perspective of the local community in the study area, what have been the advantages and disadvantages of having Sea Canoe controlled primarily by the actions of an expatriate entrepreneur?

(b) Is community-based ecotourism therefore always the preferred model from the standpoint of local residents?

Question 2:

(a) What examples of successful and unsuccessful partnerships and relationship building emerge from this case study?

Question 3:

(b) What ecological, sociocultural and economic costs and benefits derive from the fact that the lagoons are located near the major resort destination of Phuket?

(c) What could be done to minimize these costs and maximize these benefits?