Perhaps the best example of this 'conservation by distraction' is ploughing money into community-based ecotourism projects.
It is successful as an ecotourism project.
The lake is accessible thanks to a successful ecotourism project in the Maya community of Emiliano Zapata, near its western shore.
Small ecotourism projects in particular are considered to have significant potential.
Cristalino is a modestly sized ecotourism project with an international reputation.
Many of the ecotourism projects are not meeting these standards.
These should be implemented to prohibit the promotion of unsustainable ecotourism projects and materials which project false images of destinations, demeaning local and indigenous cultures.
The government is taking measures to mitigate the harmful effects of tourism on Morocco's natural resources, while increasing incentives for a growing niche of ecotourism projects.
There are six villages within the park that cooperate as part of an ecotourism project.
It is one factor responsible for the poor development of the lake as an ecotourism project.