Sustainable tourism

Cards (7)

  • what is ecotourism?
    Ecotourism is a form of sustainable tourism that often takes place in natural areas which are scenic and allows for tourists to experience nature. 
  • what’s the aim of ecotourism?
    ecotourism aims to conserve the natural environment while benefiting the local community, therefore ensuring environmental, economic and social sustainability. This usually involve many different stakeholder. 
  • What’s community-based tourism?
    Community-based tourism is a type of small-scale tourism experience that is managed by local communities. This includes homestays and agricultural tourism.
  • what’s the aim of community-based tourism?
    community-based tourism aims to maximise local communities’ involvement in tourism and the benefits to them, therefore ensuring economic and social sustainability.
  • what’s pro-poor tourism?
    Pro-poor tourism is an approach towards tourism development that focuses on improving the livelihoods of the poor through training and access to micro-finance. 
  • Whats the aim of pro-poor tourism?
    pro-poor tourism aims to generate net benefits and improve the livelihoods and well-being of the poor. Generating net benefits means that the benefits to the poor must outweigh the costs to them. These benefits include economic, social, and environmental benefits
  • limitation of eco-tourism
    1. does not apply to popular places
    2. inevitable destruction of environment