Ecotourism in all parts of the world is necessary to preserve the natural beauty of a particular place. Not only is it different from the social norm of mass tourism, but it also offers the opportunity to have a holiday without harming the environment. In today's society vacation seems to revolve around an instinctive place that seems appealing to some people, but do people really get everything from their trip? Getting out of your "resort" and visiting those natural and perhaps uninhabited sites is what makes travel memorable and helps the economy at the same time. Tourism and especially ecotourism is a power that brings regional and economic growth and should be something that everyone should be interested in so that we can all live in an environment that supports continued prosperity and success. Ecotourism appears to be one of the fastest growing business sectors and with all the natural and scenic places that Australia and New Zealand have to offer, it is immensely important that this large industry absorbs as much GDP as possible to achieve the development that these neighboring societies they deserve and at the same time move towards sustainability. In 2009, a statistic provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics stated that "In Australia, for example, tourism makes a direct contribution to the economy of $40,639 million in GDP or 3.6% of total GDP and 4, 7% of total employment”, which demonstrates the impact of what tourism can provide to their economy and the opportunity it provides to the local people who live there. New Zealand has very similar statistics that make up a large portion of the their economy as a whole and, ironically, New Zealand and Australia are two of the small ports... half of the paper... directly affiliated with these countries and the environments of their communities and have been for many generations perspective of the Australian market, are trying to facilitate operations where Aboriginal people can lead and direct tourists in a more personalized and meaningful way, but based on the Tourism and Indigenous Peoples paper by Richard Butler and Tom Hinch, many travelers still have a lot stereotypical views of Indigenous people and their culture which could “create unrealistic expectations about the nature of the Aboriginal experiences visitors expect to encounter”. This is not to say that there aren't still parts of the Southeast Pacific that don't have extremely independent indigenous cultures, but in today's modern society many indigenous peoples have progressed and brought with them their true heritage and way of life...