Managing Issues in Galapagos Tourism
Explore the challenges faced by the Galapagos Islands due to growing tourism, such as resource strain, overfishing, urbanization, and limited natural resources. Solutions include employing locals in the tourism industry, sustainable fishing practices, reducing urban strain, promoting resource recycling, and managing population growth.
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Managing Issues in the Galapagos Tourism is growing every year, placing greater strain on the Galapagos Island s resources, space and habitats. Growth of Tourism Economic Social Environmental Employ local people as tour Employ local people as tour guides and get them to guides and get them to teach the tourists about life teach the tourists about life in the Galapagos Islands so in the Galapagos Islands so they understand the they understand the difficulties. difficulties.
Managing Issues in the Galapagos Over fishing can lead to a reduction in fish stocks and a greater chance of pollutants entering the waters around the Galapagos Islands. Fishing Industry Economic Social Environmental Fishermen are only allowed Fishermen are only allowed to catch adult fish of a to catch adult fish of a certain size to ensure that certain size to ensure that young fish continue to young fish continue to populate the oceans. populate the oceans.
Managing Issues in the Galapagos The towns and cities of the Galapagos Islands are under greater strain than ever as more people want to live and more tourists want to stay there. Urbanisation Economic Social Environmental Reduce the land rent or tax Reduce the land rent or tax on people or companies who on people or companies who build homes in a build homes in a sustainable way sustainable way such as such as building on land that is building on land that is brownfield sites. brownfield sites.
Managing Issues in the Galapagos The Galapagos Islands have limited natural resources that can be used in the short term for daily life and in the long term for development. Resources and Waste Economic Social Environmental Encourage local industries Encourage local industries to use a greater variety of to use a greater variety of recycled and recyclable recycled and recyclable resources , by showing how resources , by showing how it could improve their it could improve their profits. profits.
Managing Issues in the Galapagos With the growth in tourism, the rate of migration from the mainland of Ecuador has increased at rapidly. Population growth Economic Social Environmental Migrants pay an Migrants pay an additional tax on arrival in additional tax on arrival in the Galapagos Islands the Galapagos Islands which are fed directly into which are fed directly into funds that aid conservation funds that aid conservation projects. projects.
