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    Master Thesis
    Sürdürülebilir kalkınma ve yoksulluğun ortadan kaldırılması için bir araç olarak ekoturizm
    (2016) Bekecheng, Susan Ebangha; Bayrak, Gökçe Özdemir
    This research entitled 'Ecotourism as a Tool for Sustainable development and Poverty Alleviation', reviews the meaning of ecotourism, examines the role of sustainability in the tourism industry and the roles of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in community development and poverty alleviation. The study also examines ecotourism as an alternative form of tourism which all efforts through it are aimed at conserving the natural ecosystem to achieve sustainability. More so, poverty, its origin and its relationship with ecotourism and the means by which ecotourism can lead to poverty alleviation are examined. As a strategy for environmental conservation, more attention has been given to ecotourism for the protection of biodiversity. As a means of poverty alleviation, local communities have been actively involved in ecotourism initiative. The study discusses at the impact of ecotourism both on the environment and on the local communities. The technique employed in this study and the result from the findings meet the objectives of the study and concludes that ecotourism is a tool for sustainable development and poverty alleviation.