EplerWood International

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Developing a Sustainable Tourism Economy

El Salvador

The shade coffee farms, forested volcanic landscapes, and beaches of Western El Salvador are an unknown treasure for ecotourists in Central America. The coffee economy of this lovely shaded region is declining due to foreign competition, a major threat to biodiversity and the local economy. EplerWood International is leading a destination development strategy that fostered the creation of Ecoexperiencias El Salvador, a web portal in both Englishand Spanish. The newest exciting development is that one of the local tour operators has begun giving whale watching tours. You can see footage here of recently sighted whales in Los Cobanos off the Pacific Coast. Read More...

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About EplerWood International
EplerWood International was launched in January 2003, by Megan Epler Wood, founder and past president of The International Ecotourism Society, to advise private business, government, international development projects, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions on the development of sustainable tourism and ecotourism.
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Megan has a Blog!
Follow Megan Epler Wood's journey in Bangladesh where she went to develop an ecotourism strategy on the Bay of Bengal.
 
In The News
 
Post-Conflict Models for Sustainable Tourism
Recent dramatic news of the war's conclusion in Sri Lanka has brought almost immediate attention to the potential of its Jaffna Peninsula for tourism. Read more

EcoExperiencias Develops Whale Watching Tours
A UNIVISION report filmed in Los Cobanos, off the Pacific Coast of El Salvador, shows the amazing humpback whales which have created the opportunity for whale watching tours in the area. See the whales on video here!
 
Megan Epler Wood Named as Trail Blazer
Megan Epler Wood is named as a Trail Blazer in Conde Nast Traveler's September 2008 issue. Read more
 
See Epler Wood's trail blazing work profiled in the February 2009 issue of Portfolio - Emirates' First and Business Class Magazine
 
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