Ecotourism is the opposite of mass tourism. People travel to remote areas and visit faraway places without destroying the environment. Ecotourism is intended small groups of tourists who want to learn more about nature in a certain area and help people who live there. Eco-tourists travel to places plants and animals are the main attractions. They want to know more about how people live side by side in natural habitat.
Ecotourism makes people recognize how beautiful the land and the countryside are. Local tour guides show (visit) how important our environment is. They know how the region has developed over time. Tourists stay in small local houses, as opposed to big hotels in mass tourism regions.
Ecotourism started out in the 1980s as an alternative to mass tourism. Today it is one of the (fast) growing sectors of the tourism industry because more and more people are (gradual) realizing the importance of the environment. As a result, some countries are using ecotourism (gain) profits. In some areas, it (operate) by foreign investors who are only interested in (they) own profits. However, (bring) too many people to the remote place could damage local culture.
