Sustainable Tourism Development Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards covering key terms, stakeholder roles, and core approaches in sustainable tourism development based on the lecture notes.

Governments (Tourism Stakeholder)

Stakeholders responsible for establishing policies, creating plans, and enforcing regulations to manage tourism development.

International Organisations (Tourism Stakeholder)

Stakeholders that offer consultancy, financial assistance, and raise public awareness regarding tourism development.

Ecotourism

A form of sustainable tourism taking place in natural scenic areas that aims to conserve the natural environment while benefiting the local community, ensuring environmental, economic, and social sustainability.

Hard Ecotourism

A form of ecotourism characterized by smaller numbers of tourists, stronger commitment to environmental conservation, few to no services provided, and travel arranged by specialist tour operators or tourists themselves.

Soft Ecotourism

A form of ecotourism characterized by larger numbers of tourists, moderate commitment to environmental conservation, heavily-serviced physically comfortable experiences, and supply by mass market tour operators.

Community-based Tourism (CBT)

A type of innovative small-scale tourism experience managed by local communities, aiming to maximize local community involvement and benefits to ensure economic and social sustainability.

Agricultural Tourism

An activity under CBT that brings tourists to local farms to purchase local produce and participate in activities for educational and enjoyment purposes, such as farming with local techniques, harvesting crops, and cooking classes.

Pro-poor Tourism (PPT)

An approach that focuses on improving the livelihoods of the poor through training and access to micro-finance, aiming to generate net benefits where benefits outweigh costs.

Micro-finance

A type of banking service provided to unemployed or low-income individuals or groups who would otherwise have no other access to financial services.

Sustainable Tourism Production

Occurs when demands on ecosystem services do not exceed resource supply, and stakeholders adopt a long-term, responsible, and coordinated approach instead of prioritizing short-term profit.

Sustainable Tourism Consumption

Occurs when destination regions manage demand, tourism is consumed responsibly by tourists, and policies give local communities primary attention while considering the needs of tourists.

Equitable Distribution of Tourism Benefits

Effective tourism management that ensures benefits are enjoyed by all stakeholders while minimizing negative trade-offs within or between economic, social, and environmental dimensions.

Sustainable Development

Development where the economic, social, and environmental needs of the present generation are balanced and met without compromising the needs of future generations.