Eco-Tourism Development In the North Central Highlands of Ethiopia

By Eyobe Mesfin Belaye

Eco tourism is an optional form of tourism and has become the fastest growing sectors of the tourism industry and recently getting high attention by the world people for education, conservation of resources, and appreciation of cultures and considered a prime tool for environmentally degraded destination by agricultural activities. In this regard, Ethiopia currently is home to many Mountains, National parks and protected wildlife Sanctuaries and Reserves which are excellent for eco-tourism development; however, promoting eco tourism has not been travelling far.If the government encouraging well, developing community based eco tourism in the mountainous areas are an optional and pleasing way for the conservation of biodiversity and enhances sustainable development to the local community, at the same time it can give ample room for the community psychological empowerment on the rights over the resource utilization and dividing of benefits equally. This book which it can provides actual evidence that, Ethiopia Mountains could be well regarded as a right place successfully to develop community based Eco-tourism.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3659279889
• ISBN13: 9783659279881
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"