Socio-economic Benefits of Community-Based Ecotourism in West Africa

Individuals’ expendable income is enhanced as a result of community-based ecotourism, which helps to raise livelihoods. Local people’s empowerment is an underlying principle in the development of community-based ecotourism. The concept of host community empowerment, in particular, can beclassified into four groups:– Economic,– Psychological,– Social and– Political. Economically, ecotourism generates long-term benefits that are distributed...