About BCE
Nature tourism is tourism related to nature, including ecotourism, wildlife tourism, hunting tourism, and adventure tourism. Nature tourism is the most popular type of tourism compared to other types during the pandemic. In several countries, natural tourism is better known as ecotourism, as in Indonesia. Perhaps the main difference is that ecotourism must involve the community, while natural tourism involving the community is not the main thing, and natural sustainability is the most crucial thing. The advantage of natural tourism is that it is easier to implement safety and security standards for tourists. Nature tourism visits nature with little interaction with humans compared to tourism in urban, rural or other tourism areas. Nature tourism is not tourism that creates crowds of people but rather visits the open nature.
Conservation efforts worldwide rely increasingly on ecotourism for financial and political support. National parks agencies worldwide receive as much as 84% of their funding from ecotourism. Ecotourism has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, increasing annually by 10–15% worldwide. Since ecotourism funds a sizable portion of conservation activities, examining how it affects the habitats, species, and communities it intends to support is crucial. The burgeoning use of “ecotourism” throughout Indonesia has prompted this conference, in which participants will discuss the successes and pitfalls of tourism at sites harboring many endemic and endangered species. As will be discussed more extensively in our conference, all forms of tourism, including but not limited to ecotourism, can have positive, neutral, or adverse effects on wildlife and local communities.