University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...
University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...
University of Aarhus ECOTOURISM AS A WAY TO PROTECT ...
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Ecotourism as a sustainable way to protect nature<br />
• Sustains the well being <strong>of</strong> local people.<br />
• Includes an interpretation/learning experience.<br />
• Involves responsible action on the part <strong>of</strong> tourists and the tourism<br />
industry.<br />
• Is delivered primarily to small groups by small-scale businesses.<br />
• Requires the lowest possible consumption <strong>of</strong> non-renewable resources.<br />
• Stresses local participation, ownership and business opportunities,<br />
particularly for rural people (UNEP, 2002).<br />
The figure 3 shows the role played by ecotourism in the field <strong>of</strong><br />
sustainable tourism 5 .<br />
Figure 3: Ecotourism as a sustainable development concept<br />
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Sustainable tourism - this term means the broader theoretical view on the sustainability <strong>of</strong><br />
tourism, includes all aspects <strong>of</strong> development (UNEP, 2002). In our opinion, ecotourism is the<br />
form <strong>of</strong> tourism that could fulfil those aims in reality. Ecotourism is mostly focused on "local"<br />
(host) areas not on the tourism as whole.<br />
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