Ecological Footprint of tourism in Alpi Lepontine was performed firstly as a preliminary assessment regarding the level of environmental sustainability of tourism activities in the area. The authors recognize, however, that it is not realistic to suppose that a small mountain area should be able to sustain its own consumption. The comparison between EF and biocapacity was used here as a proxy for measuring the level of impact from tourist actities between Ecological Footprint and biocapacity was used here as .