Ecotourism Australia with the support of Events Queensland, will be staging the 20th Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference in Cairns, Tropical North Queensland on Monday 15 October to Wednesday 17 October 2012.
Ecotourism is renowned for its association with protected areas and special places with cultural linkages. ASEAN and Asia-Pacific nations alike are proactively pursuing ecotourism – linking nature, culture and communities in tourism.
The Asia Pacific region dominates the list of the New 7 Wonders of the World. World Heritage sites, Biosphere Reserves, National Parks and private nature reserves are prime locations for ecotourism. Urban ecotourism too has developed apace. Collectively these ‘eco-wonders’ present significant opportunities for sustainable tourism. The Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference in 2012 will focus on optimising the ecotourism potential of ‘eco-wonders’.
The Global Eco Asia-Pacific Tourism Conference brings together leading practitioners from around the globe to present and discuss the key drivers of ecotourism in areas that could be described as ‘eco-wonders’. Planning, product development, strategic partnerships, understanding markets, effective marketing, yield maximisation, destination stewardship and community and indigenous involvement in tourism are critical to the conference agenda.
The Conference brings together a delegation that is made up of a broad range of sectors that play a direct and indirect role in delivering sustainable tourism and ecotourism. Each conference has dealt with contemporary issues and deliberately seeks to engage stakeholders in sustainability and ecotourism: operators; government; industry associations; the conservation sector; high tech sustainability product providers and services.
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