Improvement in infrastructure, both in terms of facilities and services
Better services (increase in diversification of local services)
Cultural and natural appreciation (i.e. encourage host communities
and ecotourists to value cultural and natural assets)
Improved environmental education (i.e. a more environmentally
informed communities)
Recognition, strengthening, revitalization and preservation of local
culture and cultural-historic resources
Increase in employment opportunities or job availability and job
quality which draw on local cultural knowledge
Established ecotourism interest in the areas
Stimulation of local livelihood approaches
Local empowerment and control over resources and development in the areas
Prevention of people’s out-migration
Increased people’s active participation in local development
Improve gender equity