Conservationists continue to grapple with the practical risks that accompany ecotourism initiatives, where access to threatened ecosystems is exchanged for financial support for both protected areas and local communities. One of the most practical ways to mitigate the potentially harmful effects of an increasing number of visitors is to identify problematic human behaviors and attempt to limit them through education or staff intervention. We observed the behavior of both visitors and macaques in a hybrid group (Macaca fascicularis × M. nemestrina) at Sepilok Orang-utan Rehabilitation Center in Sabah, Malaysia over a period of 10 months to better understand patterns in tourist-directed aggression. We witnessed 307 encounters between macaques and tourists but intense aggression was absent. Overall rates of minor visitor-directed aggression were low, with only 0.71 bouts observed per hour. Eye contact between tourists and macaques was associated with significantly higher odds of experiencing minor human-directed aggression, such as an open mouth threat. Taking a picture, however, was associated with reduced odds of experiencing aggression from the macaques. Tourists were not able to provision the animals, which may help explain the lower rates of intense aggression compared to those at other tourist sites. Although improved education signs and staff supervision could further reduce visitor-directed aggression at Sepilok, these results are promising because they highlight the role that relatively simple policies (such as those that forbid provisioning by tourists) can play in reducing unwanted behavior by both humans and nonhuman primates at ecotourism locations.

环境保护主义者继续努力应对生态旅游倡议所伴随的实际风险，在生态旅游倡议中，将受威胁的生态系统的使用权交换为保护区和当地社区的财政支持。减轻越来越多的访客的潜在有害影响的最实用方法之一是识别有问题的人类行为，并尝试通过教育或员工干预来限制人类行为。我们观察到了混合群（猕猴） × nemestrina的访客和猕猴的行为。）在马来西亚沙巴的Sepilok猩猩康复中心进行了为期10个月的访问，以更好地了解游客主导的侵略方式。我们目睹了猕猴和游客之间的307次相遇，但没有发生激烈的侵略。轻微的访客导向攻击的总体发生率较低，每小时仅观察到0.71次发作。游客和猕猴之间的目光交流与遭受轻微的以人为主导的侵略（例如张开嘴巴的威胁）的几率显着相关。但是，拍照会降低猕猴遭受侵略的几率。游客无法提供这些动物，这可能有助于解释与其他旅游景点相比，剧烈侵略的发生率较低。