Community-Based Ecotourism to Meet the New Tourist's Expectations: An Exploratory Study

Tourism is destructive toward host communities and their natural environment. However, the general attitude of society toward the environment is changing and consequently, people are developing an appreciation for the value of responsible travel. Alternative forms of tourism have been conceived, such as ecotourism, and are viewed as a mean to meet the expectations of the new tourists. Ecotourism is a method to satisfy the concern of new tourists for environmental conservation but it neglects one of the key factors of sustainable tourism today: the host communities. Community-Based Ecotourism (CBET) aims at environmental conservation but i