What is ecotourism?

Ecotourism: Tourism with unique ecological environment as the main landscape. It refers to the ecological experience and development that takes sustainable development as the concept, protects the ecological environment as the premise, coordinates the harmonious development of man and nature as the criterion, and relies on the good natural ecological environment and unique humanistic ecosystem to adopt an ecologically friendly approach. Ecological education, ecological cognition and a way to achieve physical and mental pleasure.

Ecotourism was first proposed in 1983 by Ceballos-Laskurain, special advisor to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In 1990, the International Ecotourism Society defined it as a tourism behavior that protects the environment and improves the welfare of local residents in a certain natural area.

Ecotourism refers to responsible tourism behavior in a certain natural area. In order to enjoy and appreciate the historical and existing natural and cultural landscapes, this behavior should not interfere with the natural area and protect the ecological environment. , reduce the negative impacts of tourism and provide beneficial social and economic activities to the local population.