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32 Chambliss Karen -Slotkin Michael H.-V ámosi Alexander R. active membership. Stakeholder responsibility, not surprisingly, emerges as a significant determinant of enhancive behavior, as reflected by active membership and monetary contributions to wildlife and nature preservation organizations. The modeling framework used by Singh et al. can be enhanced in a number of ways. First, sorting the sampling frame according to soft, hard, and structured ecotourism clusters would allow for a richer analysis of environmental activism and behaviors that are reflective of enhancive sustainability 1^, and perhaps uncover further differences among the three ecotourism typologies. Second, the list of survey items should be supplemented to include the economic element of the Tourism Triple-E. A fruitful approach, grounded in the tenets of the Tourism Triple-E, would be to design survey items that capture attitudes and perceptions of the interrelationship between environment and economy, and education and the economy. Quoting Ms. Thompson, "The only way you can preserve land is to show that the land, in its natural state, has an economic value." Third, since environmental knowledge appears to be the single most important determinant of environmental activism and sustainability, its relationship to the quantity and quality of interpretative services provided at ecotourism events (which is highly valued by both soft and structured ecotourists) needs to be more fully explored. These research extensions would significantly contribute to our understanding of the multi-dimensional aspects of ecotourism. More importantly, the uncovering of the scale and scope of structured ecotourism greatly advances the quest for sustainability. References ACOTT, T. G., LATROBE, H. L., and HOWARD, S. H. [1998]. "An evaluation of deep ecotourism and shallow ecotourism." Journal of Sustainable Tourism 6: 238-53. Audubon (Green Travel Issue). July/August 2006, National Audubon Society. BLAMEY, R. [1997]. "Ecotourism: The search for an operational definition." Journal of Sustainable Tourism 5: 109-30. BROWN, G. M., JR. and SHOGREN, J. F. [1998], "Economics of the Endangered Species Act." Journal of Economics Perspectives 12: 3-20. CHAMBLISS, K., CUDMORE, B. A., SLOTKIN, M.H., and VAMOSI, A. R. [2002]. "Nature tourism in the Florida Keys: Performance analyses and strategic planning," Proceedings of the Society for Advancement of Management International Business Conference: Business Issues in Transition : 685-97. CHAMBLISS, K„ HARRINGTON, J., LYNCH, T., SLOTKIN, MICHAEL, H., and VAMOSI, A.R. [2003]. The economic impact of the 2 n d annual Florida Panhandle Birding and Wild/lower Festival. Center for Economic Forecast1 5 Additional elements relevant to enhancive sustainability can also be addressed. For example, citizens of Brevard County, home to the SCBWF, voted to tax themselves up to $55 million dollars to purchase environmentally endangered lands for conservation, passive recreation, and environmental education. The Environmentally Endangered Lands Program was established in 1990 and reaffirmed by the residents of Brevard County in 2004.
