MOUNTAIN ECO-TOURISM MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP

Mountain eco-tourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the travel and tourism industry, which is the largest commercial service sector industry in today's world. The effective management of mountain eco-tourism can create long-term economic benefits for many mountain regions of the world. Much is being learned about the benefits and impacts of eco-tourism in mountain environments, and our workshop will focus on understanding these issues and producing updated information and guidance for mountain region stakeholders.

This workshop is slated for November 2009 in Asia. Details will be published in the months to come. Check here for updates in 2009.

Purpose of the workshop:
To identify issues and lessons learned from managing ecotourism in mountain protected areas as a basis
for publishing an IUCN WCPA management guideline book in 2010.

Objectives of the workshop:
1. To identify the principle management issues and lessons learned for ecotourism management in
mountain protected areas.
2. To workshop and bring forward management responses to the principle issues.
3. To identify case studies for mountain protected area ecotourism management from around the world.
4. To produce an IUCN WCPA publication arising from the workshop which will be made available as a
capacity building document for protected area management practitioners around the world.