Characteristics of eco-tourism

From the scope, eco-tourism is a branch of the whole tourism industry. Eco-tourism not only has the general characteristics of tourism, such as dependence, sensitivity, driving and foreign-related, but also has the characteristics of comprehensiveness, dynamics and sustainability.

1. comprehensive

Ecotourism is a comprehensive industry, which is determined by the comprehensiveness of its production, products and benefits. The production of ecotourism is comprehensive and needs the coordination and joint efforts of many related departments or factors. It involves not only the travel agency, accommodation industry and passenger transport industry in the tourism sector, but also some material production departments in the national economy, such as light industry, construction industry, agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, and some intangible production departments, such as culture, religion, gardens, health, science and technology, posts and telecommunications, education and animal husbandry. Eco-tourism products provided by eco-tourism are also relatively comprehensive. The resources it relies on are both human and natural, both left over from history and created by present people; The required facilities include not only travel agency facilities, but also catering and accommodation facilities and transportation and passenger transport facilities represented by hotels; The service provided is not a single service, not a specific item, but a combination of services such as eating, living, traveling, traveling, entertainment and shopping. Its benefits are also comprehensive, and it pursues the integration of economic, social, ecological and recreational benefits.

2. Dynamic

The dynamic nature of eco-tourism is manifested in the dynamic changes of space and time. The dynamic change of space mainly refers to the interactive process between eco-tourism activities of eco-tourists and the ecological environment of tourist destinations, that is, the dynamic relationship of mutual influence, mutual correlation and mutual restriction. Understanding this dynamic relationship is conducive to a clearer understanding of the possible negative impact of eco-tourism activities on the environment, so as to carry out timely regulation. The dynamic change of time refers to the seasonality of ecotourism, which is determined by the seasonality of ecotourism activities, and the seasonality of ecotourism activities is mainly caused by the natural conditions of tourist destinations. Natural conditions such as latitude, topography, climate and altitude of tourist destinations will cause the ornamental and utilization value of ecotourism resources to change with seasons, forming the peak season, off-season and peace season of ecotourism industry. For example, skiing can only be carried out in winter, and the increase or decrease of eco-tourists will cause insufficient tourist facilities and service personnel in the peak season, but they are idle in the off-season. Only by narrowing the difference between off-season and peak season and making full use of ecotourism resources and facilities can the benefits of ecotourism be effectively improved.

3. Sustainability

With the new concept of "sustainable development" being widely valued in the world, the sustainable development of tourism has also become a topic of concern. Its goal is to improve the living standards of local residents while providing tourists with a high-quality tourism environment, and to maintain and enhance the future development opportunities of the environment, society and economy during the development process. Eco-tourism is regarded as an effective means and way to achieve the goal of sustainable tourism development, and it is a form of tourism that is in harmony with the principle of sustainable development, because it first considers the carrying capacity of the ecological environment, attaches importance to the research and maintenance measures of the tourism environmental capacity, emphasizes the dedication of eco-tourists, community residents and practitioners to protect the ecological environment, and pays attention to the close combination of tourism development, community economic development and environmental protection.