Online search terms: geotourism, Destination Stewardship Center, Jonathan Tourtellot.

The passage introduces and compares geotourism to mass tourism. It also 

features an interview with Jonathan Tourtellot, a geotourism advocate 

and the founding director of the Destination Stewardship Center. As the 

damage that mass tourism causes to natural locations and local 

communities becomes more apparent, Tourtellot believes we should adopt a

geotourism approach for a more sustainable way of traveling the world. 

Geotourism involves respecting the geographical diversity of a place and

aiming to have a more local experience when traveling. Geotravelers eat

locally, stay locally, and join in experiences run by locals so they 

can experience the culture and history of a place more deeply. 

Geotourism helps the local community earn a livelihood from tourists 

without sacrificing the place where they live. The passage is based on 

the article One on One: Jonathan Tourtellot by Daniel Westergren, which 

appeared in National Geographic Traveler.
Online search terms: geotourism, Destination Stewardship Center, Jonathan Tourtellot

You can follow along by listening to the audio of The New Face of Tourism, by clicking here (Links to an external site.) and choosing the appropriate reading passage.

Pay particular attention to the section titled Critical Thinking on page 106.
The Critical Thinking box  explains that writers often make an argument by contrasting pros and  cons, or advantages and disadvantages. It provides a list of questions  that you can think about when evaluating the strength of an argument.  Review the questions and apply these concepts when you write.

The  video explores the effect that tourism has had on the Galápagos Islands  in Ecuador, and explains efforts that are being made to reverse some  negative impacts. Human activities on and near the islands are causing  the natural environment to suffer. Now the government is working  together with environmental groups and the local community to make the  islands “greener” by being less dependent on nonrenewable resources.
Online search terms: GalÃpagos Islands, GalÃpagos renewable energy

Galapagos Tourism

What are one benefit and one drawback of the amount of tourism on the Galapagos Islands? Explain your answers.