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The fact that we took a group whose leader went to Galapagos Islands for free, as you know, it was because she has her group, and she had a full sizegroup (14) ready to go. And the fact that they choose Adios Adventure Travel, it was because they know that we are very carefull whit their people and we are very attend to them.

I think that the fact of choosing the island hopping instead of the boats or the cruises to Galapagos is because we want to let the people know that there is agood number of people living there (a lot of times people thinks thatthey will be the first ones there) but is a big surprice for a lot ofthe people including the group members that we had, or even to me, forthe first time, that I was there. But now a day you can find over40,000 people in the different islands of the Galapagos.

We believe that the tourist business can help us to develop one place in especial here in South America were we need to work, thepeople is not begging, but yes looking for to offer a service, to have a job. Oneperson can provide jobs to Peru or Ecuador,and in that way take advantage of this activitie call tourism. This can have benefits in both ways, by one hand the tourist getthe service and by the other hand the local people can provide theservices, so as you know this can generate thousands of dollars for theeconomy. But in alot of place the ones that get the benefit of thisactivitie is just the big investors, (the rich get richer).

Staying in the island more people get to work in this activitie, and the local people also get to be involve in the eco-tourism, orbecame to be consius about the place where they live, so this is thereason for us to choose this kind of activitie.

I think that we can make sure that the sustainable tourism is one of the ways to get there, involving the locals in order that they canoffer their product, as you know Ecuador has a good growing economy.

They do export alot of product like roses, bananas, chocolate, etc, and i think that if they can develop other sector call tourismbusines, it will be big there. This is the kind of place that has alot to offer.

On regards Peru.

I think that we try to encorage people to go on hikes because this is one of the direct ways to help so many families, because each hikerget two porters (two families) that get a good salary from thecompany, so hiking the Inca Trail the tours get to help a lot of peoplenot only be in the place called Peru, is also providing jobs to the people. Ithappens that if someone brings 7 friends, they can hike the Inca Trail for free.
This is how our company can promote the jobs for the porters who live in the small vilages and yet give the travelers a good deal.