HTM 3484 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ecotourism, Land Degradation

• School: Virginia Tech
• Department: Hospitality and Tourism Management
• Course: HTM 3484
• Professor: A Zatori

Document Summary

Depletion of natural resources: water, local materials including energy, food, and raw materials, land degradation. Pollution: air, light, and noise, solid waste and littering, sewage. Physical impacts: development of infrastructure and buildings, deforestation and repurposing of land. Prevention: trampling of environmental areas/foot traffic, alteration of habitats, loss of biological diversity, depletion of the ozone layer, climate change , natural catastrophes. Example ~ red sea issues: financial contributions regarding conservation (directly and via government revenues), regulatory measures (for protection and preservation, augmented environmental management and planning, environmental awareness, alternative employment. Tourism should be initiated with the help of broad-based community inputs; the community should maintain control of tourism development. Tourism should also provide quality employment to the surrounding residents. It is essential that a link is established between the local businesses and the tourism industry. A code of practice should be used at all levels (national, regional, and local) based on globally accepted standards.