These hubs of activity reduce erosion of trails used by the jungle's original inhabitants, keeping cultural decline and disruption of wildlife in check. With the growth of eco-tourism in places like Brazil and Columbia, controlled programs for such endeavors are especially vital. If ayahuasca tourism is to be sustainable, the people in the industry must work with the environment, rather than operating in a one-way, exploitive manner. Conclusion An article like this is certainly a very limiting format, and I think a strong graduate paper could be written about the phenomenon of ayahuasca tourism. In these pages I have attempted to touch on as much as I can without leaving anything vital out, which I feel I have accomplished.
Ayahuasca tourism is certainly unique.
A complete understanding of the industry and its clients is certainly far away, but I certainly hope this article has been educational, even it can not be comprehensive. Ayahuasca seems to appeal to people unconcerned with traditional modals of life, people searching for the extraordinary, the remarkable and unusual facets of life. That there even exists a tourist industry to serve this population strikes me as amazing. That this industry is heavily advertised and available to anyone with the financial means to undertake a trip, that it is not a hush-hush experience available only to a select few in the psychedelic drug underground, is perhaps even more astonishing. Perhaps it points to changing value systems in our own society.