Environmental Tourism

A presentation by:
Florea Vlad
Balan Andreas

Ecotourism
Ecotourism

or Environmental Tourism is a form of

tourism that involves visiting relatively remote
and undisturbed natural areas and staying in
local tourist facilities. Its purpose is to educate
tourists regarding nature, raise funds for wildlife
preservation and bring the beauty of nature to
the public eye.

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

is a land of beautiful landscapes and

great stretches of forest and is well suited for
ecotourism. More than three dozen districts of
England have been designated as areas of
natural beauty; in addition, England boasts 10
national parks, 12 national trails, and a protected
coastline that stretches for miles and miles,
including around the entire peninsula of Cornwall.

Travel
Ecotourists

are encouraged to travel by

foot and train, as an eco-friendly and
cheap alternative to driving.

The English countryside

 Visitors

in search of green spaces can

choose from rolling hills, moorland, vast
parks such as that in Derbyshire, and
even huge "green lungs" in such city
centers
as
London.

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.

While ecotourism providers are trying to minimize

impact on the environment, some tourists still
pollute these less populated areas. This defeats the
purpose of ecotourism and damages beautiful wild
areas, thus destroying the natural habitat of many
animals.

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