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cje ›› 2003, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 74-77.

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Development of ecotourism sense and its application

LIU Jingyan1, YANG Liang1, PENG Shaolin 2   

  1. 1. School of Management, Zhongshan University, Guanzhou 510275, China;
    2. South China Instiute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China
  • Received:2002-04-28 Revised:2002-11-02 Online:2003-05-10

Abstract: Ecotourism has been growing rapidly over the last decades.Yet,while ecotourism has the potential to create positive environmental and social impacts, it can unfortunately be as damaging as mass tourism if not done properly. This article revews the existing literature on ecotourism definitions. The content of the naive sense of ecotourism and the negative compacts to the environment are analyzed. Ecotourism is a sub-component of the field of sustainable tourism.It implies that the tour operator and the visitors will have some responsibility towards the destination,reducing or avoiding impacts on the areas visited.Ecotourism should contribute to conservation of the natural areas,and contribute local economic benefits,as well as generating awareness of conservation among residents and visitors.It’s improtant that transferring the ecotourism from the descirption to the sense,especially to the ecotour operators.

Key words: Yard-greenbelt, Special characteristics, Landscape heterogeneity

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