Ecological Understanding: A Prerequisite of Sustainable Ecotourism | ||
| The International Journal of Humanities | ||
| Article 6, Volume 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68 PDF (3.78 M) | ||
| Author | ||
| Shams ol sadat Zahedi* | ||
| Allameh Tabatabaee University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sustainable ecotourism is a nature oriented tourism that maintains a sound relationship with the natu-ral environment, and contributes to its conservation. Ecological understanding is a prerequisite of sus-tainable ecotourism. Nature conservation and ecotourism are interdependent. There should be a sym-biotic relationship between the two, in which, both derive sustainable benefits in a lengthy period of time. In order to decrease natural deterioration, the present ecotourism economic and financial assess-ment should be challenged. Sustainable ecotourism demands new managerial methods that can esti-mate both environmental inputs and outputs in every single ecotourism venture and meets the required criteria of both. Triple-bottom-line accounting approach provides a foundation for assessment of envi-ronmental, social, and financial costs and benefits of ecotourism ventures. Ecotourism companies can allocate some of their resources to the nature conservation and people education. This is how they can obtain a positive triple bottom line. Developing environmental management strategies, programs and procedures with measurable objectives, and allocating adequate funds for their effective implementa-tion is recommended in this article. Effective financial management system with capable accounting mechanisms would provide the ecotourism organizations with the necessary foundations for transition towards sustainability. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Sustainability; Development; Ecology; Nature Oriented Tourism; Tourism Typology; Diversity & Extinction of Species | ||
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