Ecotourism today is the best way to see the incredible diversity of the earths ecology. It all started with large animals in national parks of Africa. Then came the forests of the Amazon and central America. Today we have Asian national parks and regional preserves with a completely unique environments not seen in other places. Asian tourism resorts offer shorter travel to most of the world's population. Developing parks, tourist resorts and awareness among travelers takes time. It also takes leadership, the right investors and cooperation between government and private businesses to build and maintain long term projects. In the Philippines, mayor Edward Hagedorn of Poerto Princesa, is one of the government leaders who understands the opportunity in ecotourism. He also sees the opportunity of giving tourists a wonderful look at a place not touched by development and modernization. The idea of developing economically with responsibility toward the environment is very different than developing at any cost.
