Over the past 20 years, our understanding of the context and the impact we ourselves have grown exponentially over it. Mixed with a healthy dose of capitalism, this has led to the revolution ecotourism.
Ecotourism Revolution
Flash back 20 years and the type of tourism and the holiday was relatively simple. The first step was to find out how much you could afford. Then it was just a matter of determining the position could be the most for your money. Asenvironmental concerns front and center in the form of environmental pollution and global warming to come, many are rethinking their travel and vacation plans.
Ecotourism refers to travel sites in an environment so important and delicate. In fact, she has opted for a long time, but in different forms. Bird watching enthusiasts have been traveling around the world for a very long time, and trips are often classified as a form of ecotourism. In many ways it can be said that CharlesDarwin had with him a form of ecotourism, when he visited the Galapagos Islands.
In its modern name, eco-tourism really started as a sound that is in the early 1980s. It 'was, unfortunately, very popular, with a small group of people to the environment. E 'grown slowly in popularity to explode onto the scene in 2002 when the UN declared that the year of ecotourism.
As you can imagine, comes in many forms of ecotourism. In general, it is usually a visita localized area with a unique environment. Examples include objectives, such as rain forests, habitats for endangered animals, and so on. Once on the situation, the idea is to leave a small footprint. Accommodations, tours and interaction with the habitat in question were designed to provide an educational experience, while the human impact on habitat to a minimum.
Another aspect of ecotourism, which often occurs sustainability. Often seems that the sensitive area is also home toa group of people to use the needs of the region to live. In such situations, one of the objectives of ecotourism in a cheap form of tourism is the creation of jobs and the money is put into the local economy by tourists. In such a situation is clearly a win-win solution.
The next time you go when you are preparing to travel, you should think about giving up the process. Disneyland, and will always be there, that no rainforest.