Benefits generated by ecotourism in northern Laos have helped people to make a change from hunting and consuming wildlife to conserving endangered species, an expert in the field has said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Nam Et-Phou Louey National Park has become a model project for developing ecotourism in Laos as it benefits more than 2,000 households in 26 villages, representing one-third of all villages located within the park.<\/p>\n
Country Programme Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Dr Santi Saypanya told\u00a0Vientiane Times<\/em>\u00a0recently that ecotourism positively impacts almost everyone in the local community.<\/p>\n The income from tourism benefits villagers, who sell food and other products to visitors, and the village development fund, and it also finances other conservation activities.<\/p>\n