ecotourism

noun
/ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/UK/ˌɛkoʊˈtʊɹɪzəm/US

Etymology

From eco- + tourism.

  1. derived from tour
  2. derived from tor
  3. suffixed as tourism — “tour + -ism
  4. prefixed as ecotourism — “eco + tourism

Definitions

  1. Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local…

    Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.

    • Driven by a search for the perfectly "grammable" shot, ecotourism is everywhere on the rise, though it rarely delivers on the promise of its name, which is to reconcile the impulse to consume nature with the desire to conserve it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ecotourism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA