Ecotourism markets

D.LIPSON Ecuador/NGO (fundacion@GRUPOWONG.COM)
Tue, 27 Oct 1998 09:33:56 -0500

Right now I need to identify our target market(s) for reactivating=
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tourism at our site (don't worry, we're also working on the ecolog=
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Any suggestions for evaluation the feasibility of going for the 5 =
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($200 per day) market? I've been told that the typical visitor to=
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Galapagos spends another whole week or more in Ecuador, and our=20=
=0A location is perfect for a few days, with easy access from the t=
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biggest cities. Otherwise, I'm sure we'd do well with the=20
backpacker/ecologist/scientist type, but I wonder about the econom=
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feasibility.

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Date: 27/10/98 8:42 AM

Welcome, bienvenu, bienvenido
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the archives are up to date check from=20
http://funredes.org/yacine/cangonet
(when sort by date get bottom of the page..)
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> I am the director of the Wong Foundation in Ecuador. We have for 5
> years primarily supported rural education, but are now in charge of t=
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> Rio Palenque Science Center, a 50 hectare wet tropical forest with a
> very high concentration of biodiversity, one of very few in coastal
> Ecuador. It's a great sight for bird and butterfly watching as well =
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> for botanical (lots of orchids) and other studies. We will be
> developing a new management plan and renovating the one lodge-laborat=
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> building to begin receiving visitors again in 1999.
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> Please confirm that this list remains active - I only found an archiv=
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> up to 9/97.
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> Dan Lipson
> Director, Fundacion Wong
> fundacion@grupowong.com
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