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So, while some travelers book stays at eco-friendly resorts, go glamping or. Ecotourism is broadly defined as low impact travel to endangered and often undisturbed locations.

It is different from traditional tourism because it allows the traveler to become educated about the areas — both in terms of the physical landscape and cultural characteristics, and often provides funds for conservation and benefits the economic development of places that are frequently. As arguably the world's largest and fastest growing industry, the potential environmental impacts of tourism are considerable. Devised by ecologists, ecotourism was therefore seen as a way to prevent this impending environmental destruction.

Responding to increased interest and global competition, the tourism industry has quickly appropriated the term to describe a host of different. The research within the area of ecotourism still appears to be at its infancy stage.

The definitional perspective of the concept is lacking both in terms of scope and criteria used, as well as in Author: Dimitrios Diamantis. Ecotourism is a new Australian textbook that discusses the significance of ecotourism in the domestic and international tourism sector.

Ecotourism markets, venues and impacts form the basis of the first part of the book. The management of ecotourism is covered comprehensively and is completed by extensive industry examples. Ecotourism a sustainable option? Published: Pages: Downloads: Share This. Subjects: Ecotourism. Contributions Cater, Erlet. Recent Respiratory care certification guide.

Ecotourism Download PDF EPUB FB2 An essential reference for those interested in ecotourism, the book is accessible to students, but retains the depth required for use by researchers and practitioners in the field. A highlight of the book is a regional survey of ecotourism that offers. Its ideas were formed in the 70s when it became evident that mass tourism had negative impacts on nature and local communities. The German futurologist R.

The ecologist from Mexico H. Ecotourism is strongly related to other branches of tourism nature tourism, nature-based, nature-oriented tourism, wildlife tourism, green tourism, etc.

The link to the tourism that meets the principles of sustainable development is of utmost impor- tance sustainable tourism because ecotourism is part of sus- tainable tourism. In fact, ecotourism is part of sustainable tour- ism because not all kinds of sustainable tourism can be regarded as ecotourism. Authors have found that in fact nature tour- ists and ecotourists have very similar motivations and ecological background, while city tourists are less interested in ecological concerns Wurzinger, Johansson, Ecotourist ob- Naturality of the territory proportion of natural territories.

These objects are included into the lists of state- sources for ecotourism are mainly related to the natural or rela- protected objects of nature heritage. According to the data of tively natural environment which involves various components Cadastre of Protected Territories, there are state-protected of nature. It is obvious that the eastern part of Lithuania has objects of nature heritage; of them are declared to be na- exceptionally good conditions for the development of this ac- ture monuments.

The spatial distribution of these objects is tivity Fig. A similar situation can be found in some districts very uneven Fig. The least favourable territories ism development. Northern Kamanos reserves already have cognitive pathways which exert Lithuania from this point of view has a rather favourable con- no negative impact on the environment. At present , there are no territories under regeneration prepared for exhibition.

Ecotourist regions in Lithuania. Number of objects of natural heritage under state protection in municipalities ecotourists in particular, can be increased. Territorial complexes of ecotourism resources. Natural resources of ecotourist value can be and should be understood not only as separate objects but also as complexes of objects.

The distribution of various territorial complexes of ecotourist value is best illustrated by the distribution of the network of protected territories, which is actually designed for the protection and cognition of valuable natural heritage. National and regional parks are most complex preserved territories. These parts of Lithuania are exceptionally rich in unique and attractive natural objects, and their high environ- mental quality has an exceptional status.

The majority of state parks were established in and already have the infrastruc- ture favourable for the development of ecotourism. The legal en- vironment also favoured the development of ecotourism there.

One of the tasks of the state parks, declared in the Law on pro- tected territories of Lithuanian Republic, should be providing Fig. III — Northern Lithuania; IV — Central Lithuania; V — Baltic highlands State parks comprise the biggest part of protected territories in Lithuania, and they are distributed so as to represent the variety Technogenic objects and ecologic activities.

According of Lithuanian landscape. These are objects that are of exceptional importance for the The situation in protected areas, where conservation of some cognition of changes in the ecological environment. There are State restricts in Lithuania, and the same pact on the ecology of environment, should be used as ecotour- law also declares that cognitive tourism should be promoted ism objects.

Various kinds of facilities used to control the quality there. We assume that the network of such preserved territories of the environment could also be used for ecotourism activities. There are ter treatment facilities, etc. The same applies to the objects that three natural reserves in Lithuania, and tourism is not permitted can potentially have a great impact on the quality of the envi- in these territories by the same law. Some premises for balanced development of ecotourism on the territory of Lithuania 13 System of ecotourist resources.

Summarising the above ide- served territories have abilities to organise ecotourism there, as, one could elaborate a system of physical ecotourist resources. Human resources in- itive role in the future development of this kind of activity. Cognitive pathways are ers of ecotourism as well as teachers of ecotourism specialists, among the most important objects of ecotourist infrastructure.

Actually, ist services. Groups of physical resources of ecotourism for ecotourism. There are also territories where such path- Geological geological processes exposures, boulders, ways do not exist or their network is not dense enough. Download for print-disabled. Check nearby libraries Library. Share this book Facebook. Last edited by Open Library Bot. December 4, History. An edition of Ecotourism This edition was published in by Butterworth-Heinemann in Oxford ,.

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