Although I travel to the Galápagos for research, in many ways I’m still a tourist: I’m not a permanent resident of the archipelago and I buy food from restaurants and souvenirs from local ...

Mongabay: Galápagos Marine Reserve and the national park that protects 97% of the islands’ land support sustainable fisheries and tourism for about 30,000 residents and 300,000 annual visitors.

However, the Galápagos Islands are a major tourist destination, so it's advisable to book well in advance. Dive boats, in particular, tend to fill up fast because there are so few of them.

Tourists to the Galapagos Islands will be asked to pay twice as much in entry fees from this year amid concerns that a rise in visitor numbers is putting pressure on the ecologically sensitive ...

Tourism is evolving in the Ecuadorian archipelago, ... Out of the blue The Galapagos Islands are host to an evolving species of land-dwellers. They're called tourists. By Andrea Sachs. May 27, 2016 ...

Island-Hopping: The Galápagos Islands as tourist destination 05:01. Summer vacation season is in full swing. Orlando is this year's top tourist destination, according to AAA, followed by Honolulu ...

Come August, the tourist fee for visitors who want to explore the Galapagos Islands is set to double. The current fee of $100 will increase to $200 in an effort by local officials to reduce the ...

It’s important to note there’s a $200 tourist entrance fee to the islands per person for up to 50 days of travel. The fee, which had been $100, was increased on Sept. 10 for the first time in ...

Statistics published by Ecuador’s Ministry of Tourism show that tourist arrivals have increased steeply since then, from just over 170,000 in 2010 to more than 270,000 in 2019 (nearly a 60 ...

Approximately 80% of the islands’ economy depends on tourism, and during the pandemic, we lost more than 70% of tourism-related income. I was out of work as a guide for over 18 months.