Perspectives of ecotourism, legal foundations and sustainable development

Abstract

The objective of this work is to discuss aspects that are related to the perspectives of ecological tourism and sustainable development. This is an essay in which, from the analysis of bibliographic material, the authors present their point of view on the subject in question. Likewise, the legal part is addressed, since currently innovative legal instruments are being implemented that regulate the management of the environment, natural resources and ecological tourism, many of them of local, national and global scope. Ecotourism as a modality turns out to be a new and predominant tendency of tourism, in which tourists seek not only quality services, but also direct contact with nature, especially those spaces that due to their high ecological value have been constituted with character of officiality in protected areas, governed by laws that on the matter have been formulated in different regions of the world. In this way, ecotourism as an economic activity must be based on the principles of sustainable development, which is at the same time a tool to improve the relationships of human beings with their environment, and consequently, to make rational and conscious use of resources and tourist attractions offered by nature.