Ecotourism in Central America 中美洲生態旅遊

Traditional tourism focuses on visiting famous sites, monuments and museums and perhaps shopping, but ecotourism focuses on unspoiled nature. The goal of ecotourism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotourism), 生態旅遊 in Chinese) is to enjoy the natural world (plants and animals) and to learn more about it. This sort of tourism is supposed to be low impact (= don't pollute the environment and avoid harming the animals and plants that you see). Ecotourism brings in money to local economies and encourages local people to protect these natural treasures.

Central America offers several opportunities for this sort of travel, especially Belize, Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

The Great Blue Hole in Belize (Public domain image)

Costa Rica Santa Elena Skywalk: CC BY-DirkvdM

The International Ecotourism Society provides more information (also in simplified Chinese characters)