Amazon Interactive
The Ecotourism Game
Limit tourism to current levels
Touristscontinue to come to Pangayacu, but only once or twice a month. Agriculturedominates the rest of your days. Since all of you--those working in tourismas well as those not--have growing families, everyone must soon clear morerainforest to plant coffee, rice, and other market crops. You clear anotherhectare, leaving forest on only one-fifth of your land. You and your neighborscontinue hunting, but it seems that most of the animals which were oncecommon are now scarce.
Agustín begins talking again about bringing in moretourists. Tourist money would reduce your reliance on agricultural income.
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Growing families need more money, so you clear another hectareor two of primary forest for crops. | Income from tourism comes in steadily, but it can't payfor everything. You must still focus on agriculture as a way to make moremoney. |
What do you think?
Allow more tourists to come
Continue as you are, with more time in agriculturethan tourism
