Why is Lantau Island developed for ecotourism

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Introduction

• Why is Lantau Island developed for eco-tourism?
• What eco-tourism plan should this be?
• Is it a sustainable development?
• Effects on Hong Kong?

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Advantages of Lantau Island as an eco-tourism
centre

• Good natural environment
• Example beautiful Sea , Tai O fishing town
• Many cultural buildings
• Example Tian Tan Buddha, Po Lin Monastery
• High mountains and coastal areas, different
  special animals, easy transport .
• Example Special species of azalea, butterflies
  in south-west Lantau

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When Lantau Island is developed into an
eco-tourist centre, what are the advantages
there?

• protect the environment of Lantau Island
• Also protect the cultural heritage
• Economic develop will be better
• Therefore we will develop eco-tourism in Lantau
  Island

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Which R does it belong to?

• Eco-tourism on Lantau Island is a kind of
  preservation and revitalization
• it aims at preserving Lantau's unique cultural
  heritage and making use of it's own features in
  order to attract tourists.

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The plan

• A theme park and a golf course on Lantau Island
• A holiday camp with hydropath.
• However, these development may destroy Lantau's
  local characteristics and it's natural
  environment.

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What eco-tourism plan does Lantau have?

• Sight of Chinese White Dolphins
• Visit of ancient structure and cultural heritage
  in Tai O (An Unique fishing village)
• Wetlands in Tao O and Tung Chung

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What are the definitions of sustainable
development ?

• increase prosperity improve the quality of
  life reduce overall pollution and waste.
• meeting our own needs , aspirations without doing
  damage to the prospects of future generations .
• reduce the environmental burden, helping to
  preserve common resources

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Does the plans fulfill the definition of
sustainable development?

• For Chinese White Dolphin
• It is a eco-tourism plan and a type of
  sustainable development.
• It fulfill the 3 points of sustainable
  development.
• For visit of ancient structure and cultural
  heritage in Tai O
• It is an eco-tourism plan and a sustainable
  development project.
• It fulfill the 3 points of sustainable
  development.

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• For a theme park and a golf course on Lantau
  Island
• It is not a sustainable development.
• It will make pollution and waste.
• It brings damages to the prospects of future
  generations.
• It affects the environment of ecosystem.
• It cannot fulfill the 3 points of sustainable
  development.

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Effects on Hong Kong(Economics)

• Advantages
• - Increase job opportunity
• - Government earn more money
• Disadvantages
• - Lose the land for development
• - High cost for eco-tourism

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Effect in Hong Kong

• Advantages (Social)
• - Increase tourism spots tourists
• - People know more eco-systems
• - More recreational places
• Advantages (Environment)
• - preserve natural environment
• - fresh air

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Member list

• Chan Chi Shing (18)
• Chan Tsz Hong (19)
• Tang Tsz Lok (25)
• Wong Fu Fai (26)

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References

• http//www.ecotourism.org.hk/Ecotourism_Report.htm
  
• http//www.susdev.gov.hk/html/b5/sd/index.htm
• http//www.susdev.gov.hk/html/en/sd/index.htm

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Feedback from Teacher

• Good work with original ideas.
• If a map of the development in Lantau Island is
  provided, it will be better.