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Practice Integrated Exam – Reading Text 2 - Coggle Diagram
Practice Integrated Exam – Reading Text 2
Introduction
Ecotourism is a form of sustainable travel that supports the local environment instead of putting more pressure on it and exploiting its resources.
The goals of ecotourism
the wellbeing of the local environment; the wellbeing of the locals; and the high-quality experience of the tourist.
Definition
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
“Environmentally responsible travel to natural areas, in order to enjoy and appreciate nature (and accompanying cultural features, both past and present) that promote conservation, have a low visitor impact and provide for beneficially active socio-economic involvement of local peoples.”
The International Ecotourism Society (TIES)
“Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people.”
Overall
Awareness from the tourist
Their impact both on the local environment and on the local community
This attitude of appreciation often leads to the traveller enjoying her/his experience even more.
Inauthentic ecotourism
Ecotourism is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the tourism industry, and tour operators will try to lure clients using eco-advertising and ‘greenwashing’.
(Positive) Help to protect local species.
Ecotourism has to be done in small or medium groups
(Negative) Local communities can also be harmed by an influx of tourists as the influx of money is rarely directed towards them
In the Antarctic, one of the planet’s most vulnerable areas, it can take hundreds of years for any rubbish to decompose.
(Negative) Safaris and animal photographing can scare creatures. Feeding wildlife can teach them bad habits and leave them depending on humans. Even the simple activity of walking can lead to soil erosion and the destruction of animal paths.