Tourism and conservation in Bromo Tengger Semeru national park

This report is based on the findings of research in Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park, East Java, Indonesia. The study was carried out over a five-month period, from November 1996 to March 1997. The principal aims were:

• to provide detailed information on tourism in a protected area in a developing country in order to assess the effectiveness of tourism as a means of supporting the conservation of protected areas
• to evaluate the contribution made to community development of tourism to a protected area
• to provide information based on factual data on whether community-based ecotourism is a constructive strategy for non-governmental organisations to use in establishing income-generating projects.