How to Use ecotourism in a Sentence

ecotourism

noun
  • Ash has also put a damper already on ecotourism in the area around the volcano.
    — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Aug. 2015
  • The government says the park will serve as a key site for ecotourism and research.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Apr. 2022
  • In the world of sustainable travel, the term ecotourism is a slippery fish.
    — Tree Meinch, Discover Magazine, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Researchers hope the kitten can help spur local awareness of the cats and maybe draw in some ecotourism.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 16 June 2017
  • Zack Klyver said the growth of seals has contributed to ecotourism.
    — Patrick Whittle and Michael Casey, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2020
  • The hope is that shark ecotourism can provide a lifeline to locals who depend on the sea for their livelihood.
    — Juli Berwald, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The worst impact was on his ecotourism business, hit first by the coronavirus and then by the wildfires.
    — Scott Reinhard, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2020
  • The new mission also re-centers recreation and ecotourism.
    — Evan Mills, Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Today, his family has a small cattle ranch and a budding ecotourism business of its own.
    — Antonia Juhasz, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
  • All those species of birds have become an important part of a growing ecotourism industry.
    — Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • Opponents of the earlier ecotourism plan worried that the building won’t end with just one house.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Today a host of entrepreneurs are sharing their love of this land through ecotourism operations.
    — National Geographic, 1 Sep. 2020
  • The city, a five-minute drive outside of Dakar, will be billed as a global ecotourism destination.
    — Fox News, 14 Jan. 2020
  • There is no faster or more efficient way of doing this than developing ecotourism of the places and species that people want to see.
    — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 8 June 2018
  • In the mountains of Michoacán, ecotourism is helping save an imperiled species.
    — Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Due to the country's natural beauty and native culture, ecotourism is huge.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The ecotourism destination is expected to take ten years to complete.
    — Tanya A. Christian, Essence, 1 June 2020
  • The effort will usher in a new era of ecotourism and protection for one of the last and most endangered wild places on Earth.
    — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, 11 Oct. 2019
  • But there’s hope that existing ecotourism projects will inspire efforts elsewhere in the new park system, experts say.
    — National Geographic, 27 Aug. 2020
  • In the past six years, small ecotourism businesses like Thompson’s have sprung up, cashing in on the white bear bonanza.
    — Michael Engelhard, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2017
  • Their concern for the planet is pushing them to embrace sustainable tourism, ecotourism, and geotourism.
    — Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 13 May 2024
  • About 3,000 tortoises live on the island, which is managed for ecotourism.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2021
  • So Di Martino and others are working to create jobs around ecotourism.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
  • The new bear-viewing area would provide good-paying ecotourism jobs for rural Southeast Alaskans.
    — Bjorn Dihle, Outdoor Life, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The olm is an iconic animal in Slovenia, and its presence provides a boost to local ecotourism.
    — Discover Magazine, 20 July 2010
  • Shark ecotourism is booming, with operators around the world offering divers and snorkelers the chance to see these iconic predators up close.
    — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • In the last five years or so, Kimpton has placed a particular emphasis on ecotourism when booking lodging.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Around a suite of wildlife successes, Burrell and Tree have carefully built an income stream from ecotourism and wild-range meats.
    — Christopher Preston, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2020
  • The next one should be getting nature-lovers to put their money where their tweets are by donating to wildlife preserves or taking an ecotourism trip to Africa.
    — Kit Ramgopal and Matt Cooke, WSJ, 30 Aug. 2017
  • Over 10 days in the African wilderness, Woods and others like her had shown me the folly of my resistance to ecotourism.
    — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023

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