Ecotourism
by
Linda
Baxter
Imagine
the
scene
.
You're
sitting
in
the
hot
sunshine
beside
the
swimming
pool
of
your
international
luxury
hotel
,
drinking
your
imported
gin
and
tonic
.
In
front
of
you
is
the
____________________
,
reserved
for
____________________
____________________
with
motor
boats
for
hire
.
Behind
you
is
an
18
-
hole
golf
course
,
which
was
cleared
from
the
____________________
____________________
and
is
kept
green
by
hundreds
of
____________________
____________________
.
Around
the
hotel
are
familiar
international
____________________
____________________
and
the
same
____________________
that
you
have
at
home
.
You've
seen
some
local
people
-
some
of
them
sell
local
____________________
outside
the
hotel
.
You
bought
a
small
wooden
statue
and
after
arguing
for
half
an
hour
you
only
paid
a
quarter
of
what
the
man
was
asking
.
Really
cheap
!
Is
this
your
idea
of
heaven
or
would
you
prefer
something
different
?
Nowadays
,
many
of
us
try
to
live
in
a
way
that
will
____________________
the
____________________
as
little
as
possible
.
We
____________________
our
____________________
and
____________________
,
we
take
public
transport
to
get
to
work
,
we
try
to
buy
locally
produced
____________________
and
____________________
and
we
stopped
using
____________________
____________________
years
ago
.
And
we
want
to
take
these
attitudes
on
holiday
with
us
.
This
is
why
alternative
forms
of
____________________
are
becoming
more
popular
all
over
the
world
.
