Ecotourism implemented in the globalized world as an alternative to economic and social development

This work develops the theoretical foundations of ecotourism as an alternative for social and economic development in the globalized world. The descriptive exploratory method was used with the purpose of investigating significant experiences in different countries, looking for the positive and negative impacts of ecotourism in different contexts. It was possible to demonstrate the need to accompany ecotourism business initiatives with an environmental education to mitigate the expense of the environmental resource caused by its overexploitation. In the end we leave evidence of the different cases of success and problems generated from the social and economic development generated by ecotourism in different communities in the world, where it is evident, despite being in distant geographical positions, the problems are generally the same. Finally, it is necessary to expand to new works where the tangible practices of environmental education are systematized and how these impacts in a real way the development of the communities.