2.1.1.2 Concepts of Ecotourism
Ecotourism is intimately related to the concepts of „Sustainable Tourism and Environmentally Sustainable Development‟. The concept of sustainable tourism has focused on the management of an entire tourism industry in order to bring it into line with the global trend towards sustainable development (Dowing, 1995). It was one of the responses of the tourism industry to Agenda 21 for the travel and tourism industry, published by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) and World Tourism