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Dowling, Ross K., Fletcher, John, Wolfenden, John A. J., Wall, Geoffrey, Bong-Koo Lee, Colvin, Jean, Holden, Peter, Ritchie, J. R. Brent, Hawkins, Donald E., Go, Frank M., Echtner, Charlotte M., Baum, Tom, Singh, Tej Vir, Singh, Shalini, Leiper, Neil, Timothy, Dallen J., Fayos-Solá, Eduardo, Pedro, Aurora, Wahab, Salah E. A., Buhalis, Dimitrios |
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Encyclopedia of Tourism; 2000, p160-218, 59p |
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This section presents basic definitions, concepts, themes, issues, methods, perspectives and institutions related to tourism. Ecoethics is the study of the value of the physical and biological environment, or the principles of environmental conduct governing an individual/group in any interaction with the biosphere. Ecology is the study of the relationship among living organisms and among their environment. It is especially related to animal and plant communities, their energy flows and interactions with their surroundings. Economic development is concerned with a variety of aspects relating to the quality of life, and should not be confused with simple economic growth. The concept of economies of scale refers to productivity increases derived in certain cases from equal proportional increases in all the production inputs. The term ecotourism is usually attributed to Ceballos-Lascuranin, who defined it as tourism that consists in traveling to relatively undisturbed or uncontaminated natural areas with the specific objective of studying, admiring, and enjoying the scenery and its wild plants and animals, as well as any existing cultural manifestations found in these areas. The concept of efficiency refers to the lack of wastage or optimal use of productive resources resulting in a maximum of output--or satisfaction--within the constraint of a given technology and input types |
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Supplemental Index |
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