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ADVENTURE TOURISMANDECOTOURISM
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Management Plans of Parks Canada
• Emphasis is moving from use to maintenance and protection
• Challenged with maintaining the integrity of parks’ ecosystems which is defined as”– Having their native components intact– Biodiversity ( lots of life) – Ecosystem processes– Pine beetle– Logging– keeping native species – Sustaining the environment – Maintaining the environment – Lots of people go to national parks
and trample over the diversity in the parks
Crown Lands
Much of our Canadian wilderness is owned by the federal or provincial governments – known as Crown Land
Most adventure tourism occurs on Crown land E.g. province of British Columbia
92% is provincial Crown land1% is federal Crown land5% is privately owned2% covered by waterMost land is owned by the queen of England but the prime minister has to maintain it.
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Crown lands cont. Bad trading through the natives and English gave
the English most of the land.
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Stressors Any event that causes the alteration or demise of a species
Usually bad for the environment (pipeline, oil spills, highways, oil sands etc.)
• External stressors: building of roads, establishment of businesses, increased use of land by people
Stressors• Other Stressors: Other Stressors: – Habitat loss or fragmentation (bears)Habitat loss or fragmentation (bears)– Disappearance of top predators impacts whole Disappearance of top predators impacts whole
food chain food chain – Pollution (air pollution, pesticides/herbicides)Pollution (air pollution, pesticides/herbicides)– Alien Species (non native animals/plants)Alien Species (non native animals/plants)– OveruseOveruse
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Adventure Tourism
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SOFT Adventure Less risky to go on trip Less strenuous Little or no
preparation needed for the trip
E.g. trail hiking, canoeing on a small lake, etc.
Adventure Tourism
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HARD Adventure Can be dangerous if not
trained Person needs to be fit or
something bad might happen
Person needs to be trained for the experience
E.g. deep sea diving, white water rafting, hiking the West Coast Trail, etc.
EcotourismResponsible travel designed to educate
the traveler about interrelationships & physiology of organisms & their environment.
Sustainable Tourism means that you don’t hurt the environment when traveling.
Responsible Tourism means you have the choice if you want to hurt the environment or not.
Ecotourism is often about Sustainability
Sustainability: Ensuring that you do not use more than can be replaced, that you take care of the resources for future use.•For example:
• If you use more trees than can be grown to replace the ones you use, you will soon run out of trees. This is NOT sustainable.
• If you make sure that all trees that you cut down are replaced by growing trees, then you will not run out of trees. This IS sustainable.
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Ecotourism cont’d Green washing – too many tour operators
and suppliers using ecotourism to encourage clients yet NOT doing anything to ensure they are being responsible to our ecosystems
White washing- is where people hide thing they did or covering it up but with a little digging you can find it.
Workers get laid off in the off season Economics based on tourism, if a natural
disaster happens the economy is destroyed.
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Ecotourism cont’d Tourism supplier & consumer
responsibilities: Minimizing negative economic & environmental
impacts (garbage, environmental Generating greater economic benefits for locals Improving working conditions Involving locals in decisions that affect their lives Providing meaningful connections with local
culture for tourists Providing access for physically challenged
people Knowing where you should go when traveling
that’s environmentally friendly
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The Ecotourism Market Segment Eco tourists tend to be more mature,
have post-secondary education, prefer longer trips and are often willing to pay more for this type of tourism
Growing areas of interest: cultural and heritage tourism
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TOURISM’S IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT In some ways, Tourism is viewed
as a “user” and “abuser” of the environment
We need to limit harm to the environment
There are 2 viewpoints : Tourism provides an incentive for
the restoration of sites and for the conservation of natural resources
Tourism means overcrowding, pollution and maybe even extinction of animal life and vegetation
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Tourism’s Impact cont’d Carrying capacity – the maximum # of
people who can use a site with only acceptable alteration to the physical environment and only acceptable decline in the quality of the experience for future visitors
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Tourism’s Impact on the Natural Environment
Vegetation Water quality Wildlife Coastlines Mountains Deserts
Balancing The Negative Environmental Impact Dealing with climate warming seriously Reducing carbon dioxide released into
the air Fuel efficient, non-carbon-producing
methods of energy
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Canada’s Green Plan It is hoped that at least 12% of
Canada’s lands become protected spaces
Environmental considerations must be a priority
Canadians must be educated about conservation
Green Committees in Hotels
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Terms to be covered• outdoor recreation • heritage tourism • adventure tourism • ecotourism • sustainable tourism • economic leakage • community-based tourism • hard adventure • soft adventure • outdoor education
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Your Assignment Using the words above (these words are
found in the D2L shell in Introduction to Adventure and Ecotourism, create a PowerPoint quiz using hyperlinks.
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The definition of ecotourism is:1. Tourism of the environment2. Playing with dolphins3. Travelling to Donald Trump’s hair4. Visiting the Calgary Tower
CORRECT!Click to go to the next question.
Incorrect!Click to try again.
Outdoor Recreation
Being outdoors Seeing outdoors Thinking of the outdoors Being active outdoors
Correct Click here
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Wrong Click here to retry
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Heritage Tourism Thinking about your family history Learning about your family history Seeing and learning about your town/fa
mily/countries history Wanting to learn about your past
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Nice Try Click here to try again
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Good Job You did it again! Click here to continue
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Adventure Tourism Watching the discovery channel Taking a vacation to Maui Taking a vacation to Maui and learning a
bout the place and taking an interest of the land
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Correct click
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Nice try You really need to pay attention more
. . .
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Ecotourism Green tourism Harming the environment while travellin
g
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Try again Click here to try again
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Good Job! Click here to continue
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Sustainable Tourism Use everything! Use what can be replenished Take everything and do not replace it
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Try again Click here to go back
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Awesome! Click here to move on
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Economic leakage Money stays at the revenue I take all the money to donate The majority of the profits are put in my
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Try again Click here to go back
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Amazing! Lets move on!
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Community-based Tourism Never come to our country Please, come and visit our amazing
country! We would love to have you
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Try again Go back
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You’re doing great! And moving on…
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Hard Adventure This is easy, I didn’t even have to train! This is quite a challenge, I’m so glad I
trained for this!
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Fail.. Go back
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Two more to go! Continue
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Soft Adventure So easy, there was no need to train OMG, this is the hardest thing I’ve ever
had to do
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You’re kidding right? Try again
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One more! Keep going! Moving on
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Outdoor Education We’re going to learn about the inside! Lets go outside and learn about nature
and the environment!
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Nope, Try again
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You did great! Good job, now go back and check your
score. Every one you got right, is 2 points And every wrong one is 1 point Go tally up!
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