TMGT 2P26 Lecture Notes - Sustainable Tourism, Adventure Travel, Trans-Canada Highway
13 Apr 2014
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Sustainable tourism: develop understanding and awareness of the significant contributions that tourism can make on the environment. Improve quality of life for the host community: promote equity and development. 3: provide a quality experience for the visitor, maintain the quality of environment on which the foregoing objectives depend. Sustainable tourism: all aspects of attractions& facilities, transportation, accommodation, tourism product/behaviour within the tourism must follow the 5 principles of sustainable tourism. Canadian ecotours" of the 1970s: centered around transcanada highway, showcased different ecozones and appreciating the human-land-relationship, no focus on low impact/sustainability/community development/morals or ethics. Cebellos-laxcurain (1987,1984, 1983?: hetzer: pillars for responsible tourism, minimum environmental impact, minimum impact on- and maximum respect for- host cultures, maximum economic benefits to host country grassroots", maximum re-creational" satisfaction to tourists. Responsible travel that conserves the environment and sustains the well-being of local people . Nature based tourism definition- south carolina nature based tourism association.
