Concept, FEATURES, FUNCTIONS & TYPES OF Tourism ENTREPRENEUR Tourism enterprises’ refer to the different forms of tourist related business ventures permitted within the government regulations. Like any other enterprise, tourism enterprises are also business ventures having similar preparative principles, but working on a very wide scale. Sinclair and Stabler (1997) have defined the… Continue reading TTM 333: Entrepreneurship in Travel & Tourism
TTM 344: Ecotourism
PRINCIPLES OF ECOTOURISM Although the origins of the term ‘ecotourism’ are not entirely clear, one of the first to use it appears to have been Hetzer (1965), who identified four ‘pillars’ or principles of responsible tourism: minimizing environmental impacts, respecting host cultures, maximizing the benefits to local people, and maximizing tourist satisfaction. The first of… Continue reading TTM 344: Ecotourism