Geoheritage protection for the purpose of tourism development
2003
Comic, Dj. (The College of Hotel Management, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)) | Kasar, Lj. (The College of Hotel Management, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro)) | Stetic, S. (The College of Tourism, Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro))
The main issue of this paper is the ecological problem of environment protection for the purpose of tourism development. The first part considers ways of transforming geoheritage into a tourist attraction. Attention is focused on the relationship between objective geographic space and the individual/collective perception of the space by tourists, conditioned by the given culture (myths, religion, symbols, art, media, mental representations). In the second part the concepts of carrying capacity, physical capacity, environmental capacity, and ecological capacity are identified. The relevant factors in this context include, among other things, tolerance thresholds of ecosystem, of local population, and of tourists. The final part identifies the basic criteria and suggestions, recommended by the largest German tour operator TUI, leading to the creation of environmentally compatible tourist and hotel products. It is pointed out in the conclusion that environment protection should be compatible with the economic development, that is, healthy environment and strong national economy should be in synergetic relationship. Technology that caused ecological degradation in the past can become an instrument of ecological improvement in the future. This phenomena is called the technological paradox and is recognized by the majority of ecologists and technocrats.
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