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Sustainable tourism should embrace concerns for environmental protection, social equity, and the quality of life, cultural diversity, and a dynamic, viable economy delivering jobs and prosperity for all. [2] It has its roots in sustainable development and there can be some confusion as to what "sustainable tourism" means.
Slow tourism is an outgrowth of the slow movement which emerged from the slow food movement founded in Italy by Carlo Petrini in 1986. [2] [4] [5] Slow tourism developed as a new form of tourism during the 1990s with the birth of the Cittaslow movement which has played a leading role in the development of slow tourism by providing certified alternative destinations to promote a slower pace and ...
The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) tourism satellite account (TSA) is a system of measurement recognized by the United Nations to define the extent of an economic sector that is not so easily defined as industries like forestry or oil and gas [15] Tourism does not fit neatly into a statistical model; because it is not so much dependent ...
Experiential travel, also known as immersion travel, is a form of tourism in which people focus on experiencing a country, city or particular place by actively and meaningfully engaging with its history, people, culture, food and environment. [1]
"Tourism Carrying Capacity" is defined by the World Tourism Organization as “The maximum number of people that may visit a tourist destination at the same time, without causing destruction of the physical, economic, socio-cultural environment and an unacceptable decrease in the quality of visitors' satisfaction”.
Historically, regular tourism is heavily focused on sightseeing, rather than memories and experiences gained from travelling. [2] Based on recent reviews of the psychology of tourism, it is argued that a tourists experience of a place is based upon the individuals memory, [4] which is actively shaped by what they see, but also what they “hear, smell, touch and taste.” [5] In order to build ...
Tourists at the Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece. Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel. [1] UN Tourism defines tourism more generally, in terms which go "beyond the common perception of tourism as being limited to holiday activity only", as people "travelling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more ...
Ecotourism in Svalbard.. Ecotourism is a form of nature-oriented tourism intended to contribute to the conservation of the natural environment, generally defined as being minimally impactful, and including providing both contributions to conservation and environmental education. [1]