ecotourism

English

Etymology

From eco- +‎ tourism.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɛkoʊˈtʊɹɪzəm/, /ˌikoʊˈtʊɹɪzəm/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

ecotourism (usually uncountable, plural ecotourisms)

1. Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
   • 2020 August 24, Amia Srinivasan, “What Have We Done to the Whale?”, in The New Yorker‎^[1]:

     Driven by a search for the perfectly "grammable" shot, ecotourism is everywhere on the rise, though it rarely delivers on the promise of its name, which is to reconcile the impulse to consume nature with the desire to conserve it.

Derived terms

• ecotour
• ecotourist

Related terms

• agritourism
• ecodollars

Translations

responsible travel

• Arabic: سِيَاحَة بِيئِيَّة f (siyāḥa bīʔiyya)
• Armenian: էկոտուրիզմ (hy) (ēkoturizm)
• Catalan: ecoturisme (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生態旅遊／生态旅游 (zh) (shēngtài lǚyóu), 生態觀光／生态观光 (shēngtài guānguāng)

• Czech: ekoturistika
• Danish: økoturisme c
• Dutch: duurzaam toerisme
• Estonian: ökoturism (et)
• Finnish: ekomatkailu, ekoturismi
• French: écotourisme (fr) m
• Georgian: ეკოტურიზმი (eḳoṭurizmi)
• German: Ökotourismus m
• Greek: οικοτουρισμός (el) m (oikotourismós)
• Hebrew: תיירות אקולוגית
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Icelandic: visthæf ferðamennska
• Irish: éiceathurasóireacht f
• Japanese: エコツーリズム (ja) (ekotsūrizumu)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: អេកូទេសចរណ៍ (ekoo-teehsa’cɑɑ)
• Korean: 생태 관광(生態觀光) (saengtae gwan'gwang)
• Macedonian: екотуризам (ekoturizam)
• Malay: ekotourisme
• Maltese: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: økoturisme m

  Nynorsk: økoturisme m

• Persian: طبیعت‌گردی
• Polish: ekoturystyka f
• Portuguese: ecoturismo m
• Russian: экотури́зм (ru) m (ekoturízm), экологи́ческий тури́зм m (ekologíčeskij turízm)
• Serbo-Croatian: ekološki turizam, eko-turizam
• Spanish: turismo ecológico m, ecoturismo (es) m
• Swedish: ekoturism c
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: ekoturizm
• Vietnamese: du lịch sinh thái
• Welsh: ecodwristiaeth f

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