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A presentation by:
Florea Vlad
Balan Andreas
Ecotourism
Ecotourism
Terminology
Ecotourismis a late 20th-centuryneologismcompounded
fromeco-andtourism. According to theOxford English
Dictionary,ecotourwas first recorded in 1973
andecotourism, "probably afterecotour
ecotour,n. ... A tour of or visit to an area of ecological
interest, usually with an educational element; (in later use
also) a similar tour or visit designed to have as little
detrimental effect on the ecology as possible or undertaken
with the specific aim of helping conservation efforts.
Goals
The goals of ecotourism are:
Raising public awareness
Fundraising for ecosystem protection
Making tourism with little environmental
impact possible
Providing a cheap and beautiful alternative
to conventional tourism
Benefiting the local people economically
Providing jobs as guides for the locals
Environmental tourism in
England
England
Travel
Ecotourists
Visitors
Impact on the
environment
Ecotourists
can
also
impact
the
environment negatively. Letting tourists
loose in a delicate ecosystem can lead to
pollution and impact on the environment in
unforeseen ways. This has been observed
in many animals that lived near tourists
and became used to living off their garbage
instead of hunting, sometimes even
attacking tourists and locals in order to
take their food.
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