EDRD 4010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Novelty Seeking, Motivation, Ecotourism
20 Apr 2016
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A continuum referring to what tourists seek to achieve and how they go about satisfying such needs helps organize how to think about tourists and tourism: Activities which place great stress on the environment ecologically or socially i. e. large numbers of people exceed the carrying capacity of the environment within the bubble of the home country. Activities that focus on sustaining the resources (i. e. environmental, social/cultural) on which the activity depends; the resource is the subject rather than the object of interest. Novelty seeking is dominant and avoidance of familiarity is important. Activity is in harmony with natural surroundings and experiences cause little to no damage to the environment or culture housing the activity. Strictly defined as an activity that involves traveling to remote or environmentally sensitive areas with the intent of studying the environment. Connotes activity which not only uses but enhances the environment or culture; activities contribute to conservation or social lives.
