To what extent is community-based tourism more effective than governments in achieving sustainable tourism? support your answer

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Community-based tourism is more sustainable because money and other resources that are generated by tourism are invested back in the local community.

Explanation:

Community-based tourism is more effective at achieving sustainability because it is based in the local community and it assures that locals participate in the endeavors. This means that more of the resources that are generated from tourism are re-invested into the actual community. Global chain hotels for example take a lot of the tourism resources back out of the country. An example is the Chalalán Ecolodge in the Bolivian Amazon. This ecolodge employs people from the community of San José de Uchupiamonas and it is supported by the NGO Conservation International in Bolivia. It promotes employment opportunities for locals through nature-based tourism and provides an alternative to logging in the rainforest.