6. Almost 50 % of the land surface has
been transformed by human action
7. Water use increased 9 fold during the
past century to 800 m3
per capita; 65
% for irrigation, 25 % industry, ~10 %
households
8. Man the Eroder
According to Wilkinson (Geology) March 2005
Sedimentary rock formation over 500 million years
corresponds to an erosion rate of 24 meters per
million years.
.
9. At current rate anthropogenic soil
erosion would fill the Grand Canyon
in 50 years.
According to Wilkinson (Geology) March 2005
10. Man-caused erosion (crop tillage, land
conversion for grazing and
construction): 15 times natural erosion
According to Wilkinson (Geology) March 2005
12. From: Steffen et al. In press 2004
Atmos CO2 conc
Domesticated landLoss of trop forest, woodland
Coastal shrimp farmsFully exploited fisheries
Climate disastersAv surface temp
(NH)
Atmos ozone loss
Atmos CH4 concAtmos N2O conc
Coastal N2 flux
Global biodiversity
Changes in environmental indicators, 1750 - 2000
13. We are spending Earth’s natural
capital, putting such strain on the
natural functions of Earth that the
ability of the planet’s ecosystems to
sustain future generations can no
longer be taken for granted.
22. In 2014, international tourist travel reached an all-time high.
Travel for holidays, recreation and other forms of leisure
account for just over half of all international tourists (52
percent or 568 million), followed by travel for other reasons,
such as visiting friends and relatives, religious reasons and
pilgrimage, and health 3 treatment (27 percent).
Some 14 percent of international tourists reported travelling for
business and professional purposes;
Despite all these…….
30. TRAVELER OF TOMMORROW ?
• The modern tourist has a spirit of adventure that,
unless regulated by law, could be hazardous to the
individual tourist and to the public. This spirit has
resulted in demand for services and products which,
to be provided or satisfied by the tourism industry
are soiling the images of the industry and the host
destinations most visited by tourists.
• With the ever visible evidence of the ‘reaction’ of the
environment to this human-inflected toll, concerted
efforts are needed to plan activities such as tourism
sustainability Jerry Kolo , 2014
39. COUNTRY OF ENDEMICS
Amphibia - 70 % out of 116 species
Reptiles – 55 % out of 173 species
Land Crabs – 99% out of 51
species
Birds 5% (33) out of 389 species
Flowering plants 35 % out 1300
species
Land Snails 90% out of 345
species
56. Products must be converted as
INTERPRETIVE MATERIAL
……is an educational activity that aims to
reveal meanings about our cultural and
natural resources.
…..is an informational and inspirational
process
67. Interpretation is alive,
enjoyable and meaningful.
Every place has a history. Interpreters can bring
the past alive to make the present more
enjoyable and the future more meaningful.
68. Technology with foresight
and care.
High technology can reveal the world in exciting
new ways. However, incorporating this
technology into the interpretive program
must be done with foresight and care.
69. Quality and Quantity of
information
Interpreters must concern themselves with the
quantity and quality (selection and accuracy)
of information presented. Focused, well-
researched interpretation will be more
powerful than a longer discourse.
70. Use communication
techniques
Before applying the arts in interpretation, the
interpreter must be familiar with basic
communication techniques. Quality
interpretation depends on the interpreter’s
knowledge and skills, which should be
developed continually.
71. Write what readers like to
know
Interpretive writing should address what
readers would like to know, with the authority
of wisdom and the humility and care that
comes with it.
72. Should attract support
The overall interpretive program must be
capable of attracting support –financial,
volunteer, political, administrative-whatever
support is needed for the program to flourish.
73. Should motivate needs
Interpretation should instill in people the ability,
and the desire, to sense the beauty in their
surroundings-to provide spiritual upliftment
and to encourage resource preservation.
75. Arouse passion
Passion is the essential ingredient for powerful
and effective interpretation-passion for the
resource and for those people who come to
be inspired by the same.
76. Interpretive Equation
(Kr + Ka) + AT = IO
Kr – Knowledge of the resource.
Ka – Knowledge of the audience.
AT – Appropriate Technology.
IO – Interpretive Opportunities
77. Thus as the PRODUCT CHANGES
we have to be able to move away
from GUIDING TO INTERPRITING,
and have INTERPRETORS
78. MUST BE INCLUSIVE OF THE
PEOPLE
• Tourism despite its saying has OFTEN
excluded the PEOPLE.
• The future is inclusion, and this becomes a
MAJOR PART of RESPONSIBLE TOURISM
• The emergence of ECOTOURISM is evidence
for the new BREED that philosophies the
INCLUSION of PEOPLE as PARTNERS and not
just RECEPIENTS OF BENEFITS.
79. We have to change the SINGLE
SEASON to “365 day product”
• Presently Our effort has been for the so called
season from October to April
• April to October was the “lay – off”.
• The east provided some opportunities in the
past, which has opened now.
• Yet the other products – culture and
Biodiversity is around all year
• Thus what was it that restrained us in the past
?
80. TACKLE THE LEAKAGE
• Sri Lanka tourism has a VERY HIGH LEAKAGE
• PRODUCTS can change this substantially
• Infra structure
• Tour iternary
• Food, etc
81. WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY
MODELS IN TOURISM THIS
BECOMES A COMPONENT THAT
CANNOT BE EXCLUDED IN THE
“GREEN” TOURISM
DEVELOPMENT
THE CHALLENGES ARE TO BE
FACED FOR THE FUTURE