Tourism in protected areas was a fast-growing segment within the global travel and tourism industry prior to the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. As a development pathway, tourism generated foreign exchange for countries endowed with natural assets (protected areas, pristine landscapes, forests, oceans, wildlife), contributed to conservation revenues, and provided local development benefits for communities. However, the spread of COVID-19 and its associated travel restrictions severely impacted this sector. In this review, we describe the main challenges preventing the sector from achieving its development potential. We propose a framework to steer tourism in protected areas as a green recovery initiative, so that it may rebound sustainably and continue to support biodiversity conservation and socio-economic development.

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保护区旅游业可持续恢复框架

在COVID-19大流行造成经济影响之前，保护区的旅游业是全球旅游业中快速增长的部分。作为发展途径，旅游业为拥有自然资产（保护区，原始景观，森林，海洋，野生生物）的国家带来了外汇收入，为保护收入做出了贡献，并为社区提供了当地发展利益。但是，COVID-19的普及及其相关的旅行限制严重影响了该行业。在这篇综述中，我们描述了阻碍该行业发挥其发展潜力的主要挑战。我们提出了一个框架，以引导保护区旅游业为绿色复苏倡议，以便它可以可持续反弹，并继续支持生物多样性保护和社会经济发展。