Ethical tourism 4

What is the definition of ethical tourism?

• Travel that involves visiting unethical attractions or participating in harmful activities.
• Travel that focuses on luxury and high-end experiences.
• Travel that prioritizes personal enjoyment and convenience over local communities and the environment.
• Responsible travel that promotes sustainable practices, respects local cultures and communities, and minimizes negative impacts on the environment and society.

How does World Tourism Organization define tourism?

• The World Tourism Organization defines tourism as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes.
• The World Tourism Organization defines tourism as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes.
• The World Tourism Organization defines tourism as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places within their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business, and other purposes.
• The World Tourism Organization defines tourism as the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive month for leisure, business, and other purposes.

How does the World Tourism Organization define ethical tourism?

• Tourism that does not consider the long-term consequences on the environment and local communities.
• Tourism that takes into account the current and future economic, social, and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment, and host communities.
• Tourism that prioritizes the needs of visitors over the needs of host communities.
• Tourism that only focuses on economic impacts and ignores social and environmental concerns.

In 2018, global tourism is responsible for what % of green house gas emissions?

• 25%
• 8%
• 40%
• 15%

Define eco tourism.

• Responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment, sustains the well-being of the local people, and involves interpretation and education.
• Traveling to natural areas that does not involve interpretation and education.
• Traveling to natural areas that harms the environment and local people.
• Traveling to urban areas that conserves the environment and involves interpretation and education.

According to the International Ecotourism Society, ecotourists should be guided by the what 4 principles?

• • Minimize social, behavioural, and psychological impact

  • Focus on environmental and cultural awareness 

  • Contribute to conservation, either physically or financially

  • Respect and empower locals to ensure that your presence has a positive impact

• • Maximise social, behavioural, and psychological impact

  • Focus on environmental and cultural awareness 

  • Contribute to preservation, either physically or financially

  • Respect and indigenous people

• • Ignore social, behavioural, and psychological impact

  • Promote environmental and cultural awareness through preservation.

  • Tourist related activities must contribute financially to the local community.

• • Minimize social, behavioural, and psychological impact

  • Contribute to environmental and cultural awareness  either physically or financially

  • Tourist related activities must contribute financially to the local community.

Five ecotourism benefits.

• Limited access to natural resources, loss of biodiversity, economic burden on local communities, cultural assimilation, and lack of education.

• Negligible impact on natural resources, limited conservation efforts, minimal support for local communities, cultural insensitivity, and lack of educational opportunities.
• Combats climate change, incentivises maintenance of attractions, provide locals with a source of income, promotes conservation, educates tourists and locals (transformative tourism)

• Increased pollution, destruction of natural habitats, displacement of local communities, cultural exploitation, and misinformation.

4 drawbacks of eco tourism

• More expensive therefore less tourists, does not support development of infrastructure for locals, still creates green house gases

• Popularity can lead to over tourism, employs non-locals and renewable energy is unreliable

• Tourists faced with offsetting their carbon emissions therefore travel is too expensive for many, still creates green house gases

• Popularity can lead to over tourism, disrupt wildlife routines, less room for locals and irresponsible treatment of animals.

Reorder the following from most important parts of the Global Code of Ethics for Tourists

• Tourism infrastructure should be designed and tourism activities programmed in such a way as to protect the natural heritage composed of ecosystems and biodiversity

• Nature tourism and ecotourism will be prioritised

• The staggering in time and space of tourist and visitor flows.

• All forms of tourism development that are conducive to saving rare and precious resources, should be  encouraged by national, regional and local public authorities

• All the stakeholders in tourism development should safeguard the natural environment

What is the aim of the Sustainable Development Goals?

• Aim to transform our world. They are a call to action to end poverty by developing tourism while also protecting the planet. It is critical that no one is left behind.

• Aim to transform our world. They are a call to action to end poverty and inequality, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy health, justice and prosperity. It is critical that no one is left behind.

• Aim to increase the economic development of developing nations. They are a call to action to end poverty and increase the GDP of developing nations. It is critical that no one is left behind.

• Aim to increase the economic development of developing nations. They are a call to action to end poverty and inequality, protect the planet, and ensure that all people enjoy health, justice and prosperity.