Ecotourism
I. INTRODUCTION
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ravel and tourism are among of the world's fastest growing industries, and are one of the major sources of foreign exchange earning and employment for many countries. Tourism is particularly the signification for developing economies. In recent years, tourism has been increasingly recognized for its potential to contribute to the reduction of poverty. However, the global growth of tourism poses a signification threat to cultural and biological diversity. Eco-tourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas, intended as a low impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial tourism. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide funds for ecological conservation, to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities, or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has been considered a critical endeavor by environmentalists, so that future generations may experience destinations relatively untouched by human intervention. Several university programs use this description as the working definition of ecotourism. Ecotourism has been growing rapidly over the last decades. Yet, whole ecotourism has the potential to create positive environment and social impacts, it can unfortunately be as damaging as mass tourism if not done properly. In order to truly understand ecotourism and all of it's attendant pros and cons it is necessary to do some background research. Our group make this paper to give an introduction to the topic along with more detailed information about ecotourism in the world as well as in Viet Nam. In the process of working, we cannot avoid mistakes. So we look forward to receiving comments from lecturer.
II. WHAT IS ECOTOURISM? - Ecotourism has been defined as a form of nature-based tourism in ther market place, but it has also formulated and studied as as
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ravel and tourism are among of the world's fastest growing industries, and are one of the major sources of foreign exchange earning and employment for many countries. Tourism is particularly the signification for developing economies. In recent years, tourism has been increasingly recognized for its potential to contribute to the reduction of poverty. However, the global growth of tourism poses a signification threat to cultural and biological diversity. Eco-tourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas, intended as a low impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial tourism. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide funds for ecological conservation, to directly benefit the economic development and political empowerment of local communities, or to foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. Since the 1980s ecotourism has been considered a critical endeavor by environmentalists, so that future generations may experience destinations relatively untouched by human intervention. Several university programs use this description as the working definition of ecotourism. Ecotourism has been growing rapidly over the last decades. Yet, whole ecotourism has the potential to create positive environment and social impacts, it can unfortunately be as damaging as mass tourism if not done properly. In order to truly understand ecotourism and all of it's attendant pros and cons it is necessary to do some background research. Our group make this paper to give an introduction to the topic along with more detailed information about ecotourism in the world as well as in Viet Nam. In the process of working, we cannot avoid mistakes. So we look forward to receiving comments from lecturer.
II. WHAT IS ECOTOURISM? - Ecotourism has been defined as a form of nature-based tourism in ther market place, but it has also formulated and studied as as