近年來，生態觀光是媒體曝光率最高且爲國際研討會熱門討論主題，顯現出全世界觀光事業發展，正試著追求一種新形式、新思考模式，故可知生態觀光發展，在解決觀光發展與環境問題上扮演重要角色。本文即以探索近幾年來國際間在觀光與環境課題上，相關組織發動自律規範及具體行動、成功案例經驗、先進國家政府推展作法等，加以回顧整理，藉由國際發展經驗，以爲我國生態觀光未來發展之參考。

In recent years, ecotourism has become the focus of extremely extensive media coverage and a major theme of international conferences all over the world. This indicates that the tourism industry is persuing a new mode of development and a new model of thinking in its global expansion, and it shows that the emergence of ecotourism is playing an important role in solving the problems between tourism development and environmental issues. This paper reviews recent developments of ecotourism in the international arena, including self-regulation standards launched by related organizations, best practices, and action plans of the governments advanced countries. The primary objective of this paper is to apply international experiences in ecotourism to our own future development.