Cases

PPT Working Paper No.6

Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism TROPIC Ecological Adventures - Ecuador

Scott Braman and Fundación Acción Amazonia

April 2001

Preface
This case study was written as a contribution to a project on ‘pro-poor tourism strategies.’ The pro-poor tourism project is collaborative research involving the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the InternationalInstitute for Environment and Development (IIED), the Centre for Responsible Tourism at the University of Greenwich (CRT), together with in-country case study collaborators. It is funded by the Economic and Social Research Unit (ESCOR) of the UK Department for International Development (DFID). The project reviewed the experience of pro-poor tourism strategies based on six commissioned case studies.These studies used a common methodology developed within this project. The case study work was undertaken mainly between September and December 2000. Findings have been synthesised into a research report and a policy briefing, while the 6 case studies are all available as Working Papers. The outputs of the project are: Pro-poor tourism strategies: Making tourism work for the poor. Pro-poorTourism Report No 1. (60pp) by Caroline Ashley, Dilys Roe and Harold Goodwin, April 2001. Pro-poor tourism: Expanding opportunities for the poor. PPT Policy Briefing No 1. (4pp). By Caroline Ashley, Harold Goodwin and Dilys Roe, April 2001. Pro poor Tourism Working Papers: No 1 No 2 No 3 No 4 No 5 No 6 No 7 No 8 Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism, Wilderness Safaris South Africa: Rocktail Bay andNdumu Lodge. Clive Poultney and Anna Spenceley Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism. Case studies of Makuleke and Manyeleti tourism initiatives: South Africa. Karin Mahony and Jurgens Van Zyl Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism. Case study of pro-poor tourism and SNV in Humla District, West Nepal. Naomi M. Saville Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism: NACOBTA the Namibian casestudy. Nepeti Nicanor UCOTA – The Uganda Community Tourism Association: a comparison with NACOBTA. Elissa Williams, Alison White and Anna Spenceley Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism. Tropic Ecological Adventures – Ecuador. Scott Braman and Fundación Acción Amazonia Practical strategies for pro-poor tourism: a case study of the St. Lucia Heritage Tourism Programme. Yves Renard Pro-poor tourisminitiatives in developing countries: analysis of secondary case studies. Xavier Cattarinich.

All of the reports are available on our website at:

http://www.propoortourism.org.uk.

© CRT, IIED and ODI, 2001 Readers are encouraged to quote or reproduce material from this working paper, but as copyright holders CRT, IIED and ODI request due acknowledgement.

Acknowledgements
The authorsgratefully acknowledge the support of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) in funding this work. DFID supports policies, programmes and projects to promote international development. It provided funds for this study as part of that objective, but the views and opinions expressed here are those of the authors alone. The study was conducted under the auspices of the CRT, IIED andODI, with editing and advisory inputs from Caroline Ashley (ODI) and Dilys Roe (IIED). Thanks are due to Sonia Sandoval, Sofía Darquea and Andrew Drumm for their support and valuable inputs in reviewing the material. About the authors and organisation: Fundación Acción Amazonia is dedicated to working with indigenous communities and organisations to protect their environment and cultural integrity,and to develop small-scale, sustainable, development projects including ecotourism, and can be contacted at:

Accion Amazonia Sarmiento N39-198 entre Hugo Moncayo y Gaspar de Villaroel Quito Ecuador Tel 593 259 4998 Fax 593 2 459 417
Email: acciona@ecnet.ec

Scott Braman is completing a year of community ecotourism research in Ecuador financed by the US Government sponsored Fulbright...