MCRB and FFI co-hosted a two-day multistakeholder workshop on sustainable and responsible tourism in Tanintharyi, over two days in Dawei on 19 and 20 December. Read more: http://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/sustainable-tourism-workshop-tanintharyi.html

1. Integrating
Nature
Conservation and
Tourism in
Galapagos

2. • Introduction of the
Galapagos Island
• Tourism Development
• Tourism Model in the
Islands – a new vision
• Tourism Management
System
• Sustainable Financing

3. Voyage to Galapagos

4. Galapagos National Park

5. Galapagos Marine Reserve

6. Galapagos Marine Reserve
Insular
Area
Area Extension
Km2
%
Galapagos
Marine Reserve
138,000.00 94.21
Galapagos
National Park
7,732.58 5.60
Populated area
Urban and rural
262.80 0.19
234 emerged
terrestrial
units
94.21%
5.60%
0.19%
GMR GNP Pop Area

7. Galapagos
Islands
Fishing
Tourism
Migration
Invasive
Species

8. The Galapagos Special Regime Law 2015
• Financing Protected Areas: entrance fee, annual
permits, other financing mechanisms
• Migration
– Residents born in Galapagos can work and buy
properties,
– Ecuadorian citizen or foreigners need permits to
work no more than 5 years.
• Productive activities: preference to local people
• Biosecurity: established protocols to transport
goods and materials from the continent

9. Protected
Areas
Populated
Areas
ECUADOR
Constitution
Chapter 2
Rights of the good
way of living
Good way
of living
National
Plan
Galapagos
Management
Plan
Sustainable
Development
and Land Use
Plan
The Galapagos Special Regime Law
2015

10. Tourism Development

12. TOURISM MODELS
LIVE ABOARD
CRUISE TOURISM
LAND BASED
TOURISM

13. LIVE ABOARD CRUISE TOURISM
Around 80 Tour
Operators
1600 beds per week

14. LAND BASED TOURISM
Fishing Tours
Day Tours
Dive Tours
Estimated 500 Hotels=7000 beds /week

16. "Galapagos, a World Heritage Site, is the most important ecotourism
destination worldwide, thanks to a model of sustainable tourism
development, which guarantees the preservation of the environment,
the full satisfaction of the visitor and the Good Living of the
community"

17. Governance
Destination
reengineering
Market
Positioning
Tourism
Observatory

18. VISITOR MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

23. Citizen Science
(Naturalist Guides Reports)
Invasive species conflicts
between activities, garbage,
species of interest, illegal
activities, etc.
http://741176402928187055.wee
bly.com/reporteguias.html

24. How many divers?
Divers profile?
Satisfaction ?
Why Galapagos?
Nature sightings?
Condition of sites
Monitoring Marine Tourism
http://741176402928187055.weebly.com/divestat.html

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Sources of income
Entry fees Governement funds Self funding Other
Tourism revenues for Galapagos

26. ©JuanCarlosIzurietaMinisteriodeTursmodelEcuador
Eddy Silva
Oceans and Coasts Program
WWF – Ecuador
Email: eddy.silva@wwf.org.ec