We think that the activities carried out by Ecotur are important for the conservation policies of nature from many points of view: above all economic and cultural.

In the first case, we believe that the national parks, especially in a country as anthropized as Italy, have the possibility of working in the best way only if they can establish a profitable coexistence with the local populations, who live in the areas concerned for years. Ecotur, therefore, is a small example of how a park can generate eco-sustainable work, involving local youths who would otherwise be forced to emigrate or even look for jobs that have little to do with nature conservation (construction, ski slopes, etc.).

In the second case, the activities carried out by Ecotur are useful to the Park from the educational/cultural point of view, because we are the main scientific communicators of the work that the Park carries out in our territory. We are also directly involved in environmental education projects for national and local schools.

Numerous initiatives could be undertaken to improve the link between tourism and nature conservation. In particular, I believe that dialogue with institutions is fundamental, in order to create new projects and resolve the difficulties that arise from time to time in the best possible way.

We believe that the model of the Abruzzo National Park has much to learn, but also a lot to give to other similar realities scattered around the world. In particular, we are interested in spreading our model of coexistence with large carnivores (wolf and bear), which is
unique in all of Western Europe. In this park, over the centuries we have managed to establish a relationship of coexistence with these large animals, so as to guarantee their conservation. Today, in Western Europe (France, Germany, etc.), some predators are finally returning and we are witnessing a process of rewilding of excessively anthropized territories, we think that the model we propose can be useful.