Definition of ecotourism
: the practice of touring natural habitats in a manner meant to minimize ecological impact
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Costa Rica’s ecotourism industry is a great example of this, Mr. Austin said.
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For local businesses that depend on the money ecotourism provides, walling off Santa Ana in a no man’s land threatens to eat away at the more than $463 million visitors spend across the Valley.
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With the addition of these dramatic swathes to its holdings, Chile hopes to establish ecotourism as a regional economic driver.
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In the past six years, small ecotourism businesses like Thompson’s have sprung up, cashing in on the white bear bonanza.
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Like thousands of others, Cano jumped at the chance to list his place on Airbnb, which started operating in Cuba in 2015, and which suddenly turned his relatively modest farm into an ecotourism destination, on the radar of people worldwide.
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The short burst of ecotourism is going to be huge: U.S News and World Report wrote that a 1,600-population town in Idaho is expecting 100,000 visitors for the event.
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The next one should be getting nature-lovers to put their money where their tweets are by donating to wildlife preserves or taking an ecotourism trip to Africa.
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There’s also an encouraging trend toward ecotourism around the world and, in the case of the Great Barrier Reef, that goes beyond using boats with lower carbon emissions or purchasing carbon offsets for every trip taken from the Australian mainland.
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First Known Use of ecotourism
1980
ECOTOURISM Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of ecotourism for English Language Learners
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: the practice of traveling to beautiful natural places for pleasure in a way that does not damage the environment there
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