Ecotourism Society Pakistan
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Ecotourism Society Pakistan (ESP) is an organization based in Pakistan which seeks to promote ecotourism
in the mountain eco-regions of Pakistan as a way of raising the standard of living in those areas. It was founded by Agha Iqrar Haroon in May 1997.
ESP is an organization working in the field of tourism having basic aim of helping the poor living in northern areas of. It promotes sustainable mountain development through improved communication among institutions and individuals----with a particular focus on mountain eco-regions within Pakistan and abroad. In pursuing this purpose, it collaborates with like-minded stakeholders. ESP is the Regional Partners of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) United States and Friends of Nature International Austria which have been working for the better future of tourism and Nature. The core duties of ESP include advocacy for poor people living in remote mountain areas through international networking. It wishes to connect with like minded organizations for expanding the base for a better future of travelers, communities, nature and earth. It offers like minded organizations of Central Asia, Eastern Europe and South Asia to join hands and work together for a better future.
ESP links people concerned with mountain development and research and is also running on-line Information Sharing Data Bank (ISDB). It provides guidelines and information on mountain initiatives and alerts the communities to timely actions, as well as the value of sharing information about mountain environments. This organization was founded by former Consultant Ministry of Tourism Government of Pakistan Agha Iqrar Haroon in May 1997. Now ESP works through its core team composed of media representatives, experts and international consultants.It has supported tourism ministry of government of Pakistan and UNEP when ask to provide help in the field of ecotourism.
Membership is free and Society is not taking any grants, contribution or financial support. Core members bear running expenditures. This arrangement has been followed to inform people that if there is a will to do something good for a good cause, there is no need of huge donations or funds. ESP can be considered as an association working for the purpose of advancing knowledge and disseminating information about mountain research and mountain development throughout the world devoted to multidisciplinary research. It has identified some relevant themes concerning economics, geography, environment and management in connection with integrated tourism activities. One of the objectives of the ESP is to produce and publish worthy research literature on-line on tourism. ESP conducts researches on environmentally critical areas where tourism has posed a problem or may interface with the sensitive resources. Therefore ESP is essentially a place of learning where scholars, particularly of tourism, exchange views, opinion and knowledge.
Ecotourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism visiting fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas, intended as a low impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial tourism...
in the mountain eco-regions of Pakistan as a way of raising the standard of living in those areas. It was founded by Agha Iqrar Haroon in May 1997.
ESP is an organization working in the field of tourism having basic aim of helping the poor living in northern areas of. It promotes sustainable mountain development through improved communication among institutions and individuals----with a particular focus on mountain eco-regions within Pakistan and abroad. In pursuing this purpose, it collaborates with like-minded stakeholders. ESP is the Regional Partners of The International Ecotourism Society (TIES) United States and Friends of Nature International Austria which have been working for the better future of tourism and Nature. The core duties of ESP include advocacy for poor people living in remote mountain areas through international networking. It wishes to connect with like minded organizations for expanding the base for a better future of travelers, communities, nature and earth. It offers like minded organizations of Central Asia, Eastern Europe and South Asia to join hands and work together for a better future.
ESP links people concerned with mountain development and research and is also running on-line Information Sharing Data Bank (ISDB). It provides guidelines and information on mountain initiatives and alerts the communities to timely actions, as well as the value of sharing information about mountain environments. This organization was founded by former Consultant Ministry of Tourism Government of Pakistan Agha Iqrar Haroon in May 1997. Now ESP works through its core team composed of media representatives, experts and international consultants.It has supported tourism ministry of government of Pakistan and UNEP when ask to provide help in the field of ecotourism.
Membership is free and Society is not taking any grants, contribution or financial support. Core members bear running expenditures. This arrangement has been followed to inform people that if there is a will to do something good for a good cause, there is no need of huge donations or funds. ESP can be considered as an association working for the purpose of advancing knowledge and disseminating information about mountain research and mountain development throughout the world devoted to multidisciplinary research. It has identified some relevant themes concerning economics, geography, environment and management in connection with integrated tourism activities. One of the objectives of the ESP is to produce and publish worthy research literature on-line on tourism. ESP conducts researches on environmentally critical areas where tourism has posed a problem or may interface with the sensitive resources. Therefore ESP is essentially a place of learning where scholars, particularly of tourism, exchange views, opinion and knowledge.