Amazon Interactive The Ecotourism Game Run the ecotourism project communally Word has already gotten out about your project. Tourists are startingto arrive. You take them on walks in the rainforest and swimming in thewaterfall. They seem like good people who are sincerely curious about theforest and the Quichua. Though you're nervous about doing a good job, youenjoy the tourists and even make a few friends. But you need a place for them to sleep. Should they sleep on simple matsin people's homes, or should you build a tourist compound with cabins anda dining hut?       There has been little change in land use. Currently about a third of allcommunity land is primary rainforest. Tourists pay only $40 a day, but the money has a big impact. At this rate,each household will make about $300, or 50%, more this year than last year. What do you think? Let tourists eat and sleep in Quichua homes Build a tourist compound

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