The primary concern of sustainable tourism is to support balance within the ecological environment and minimize the impact upon it by mass-market tourism. The use of this term is evolving as it is also used to describe the impact of mass-tourism on cultural and historic resources.
The focus of sustainable tourism is on developing and operating tourist resources in a manner that ensures their long-term viability.
Tourism which can be sustained over the long term because it results in a net benefit for the social, economic, natural and cultural environments of the area in which it takes place.
An umbrella concept, embracing all types of tourism which maintain the environmental, social and economical integrity and well being of natural and cultural resources in perpetuity. In other words, it is any kind of tourism development that contributes to sustainable development. At the beginning of the 21st century every human socio-economic activity should be sustainable, including tourism.
Tourism that impacts the environment positively and embraces "green management practices"; meets the needs of existing tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing opportunities for the future; an issue for tourists from the local to the international level. symposium A formal meeting arranged to discuss a specific issue.
Tourist activities and locations that do not damage the environment or the way of life of local people.
Tourism that benefits the local communities that we visit. Kumuka aims to reduce the impact upon local culture and the environment, whilst simultaneously safeguarding and preserving opportunities for future travellers.
There are many different definitions of sustainable tourism that have been developed over the last decade. Most tend to assume that all tourists are responsible for respecting and conserving a location's economic, environmental, and socio-cultural balances.