CREATING ECOTOURISM LINKAGES BETWEEN SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA, THE GREAT SALT LAKE, USA AND SAN BLAS, MEXICO

This international project outlined recommendations and actions for implementing and supporting eco-tourism activities through the Linking Communities, Wetlands and Migratory Birds Project: linking the Western Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network and IBA sites of Chaplin Lake (Saskatchewan Canada), Great Salt Lake (Utah, USA) and Marismas Nacionales (Nayarit, Mexico). “Linking Communities ” works to connect people living along the shorebird migration Flyway and to conserve the associated birds throughout their range, using science, education and eco-tourism.

Outputs include:

• Joint outline / observations with regards to the institutional capacity and scope for eco-tourism development at Linking Communities project sites.
• Marketing strategy for promoting the project sites as eco-tourism destinations and the Linking Communities partnership as a whole.
• Delopment plan for a community based eco-tourism programme in the San Blas area of Nayarit, Mexico has been included as a separate document. (See: Proposed San Blas Birding Route Development Recommendations and Marketing Strategy) Observations and recommendations for harnessing value from eco-tourism activities