*Result*: Cybersecurity challenges for ethnotourism operators: Strategies for protection.

*A specific type of cultural tourism known as "ethno-tourism" is where visitors come primarily to learn about and engage with other ethnic communities. The goal of ethnotourism is to understand the cultural customs of the places they visit. By doing this, they hope to maximise the social and economic advantages of their visit to the local communities while also embracing or promoting their cultural legacy. Therefore, ethno-tourism entails visitors interacting closely with the actual indigenous population. The visitors stay in their houses, dine with them, and take in their customs, including festivals, dances, and ceremonies. Ethno-tourism aims to provide visitors with a deeper understanding of the customs, economy, and culture of the original people through direct interaction. Even while ethno-tourism has many benefits, it is wise to remember that the tourism sector is extremely unstable and easily impacted by a wide range of outside variables. Therefore, the main focus of this research is on how ethnotourism affects the original cultures of indigenous peoples in terms of both the economy and culture. Critics of ethnotourism's detrimental impacts abound, nevertheless. Applications based on information and communication technology (ICT) are becoming increasingly important to the tourism industry's operations, but hackers and other online intruders are jeopardizing their benefits. In the context of tourism, remarkable little research has been done to comprehend the experiences and perceived vulnerability. As a result, the study concentrated primarily on travelers' perceptions of their vulnerability and experiences with cyberattacks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]*