Ethics Study On Ecotourism

Ecotourism is a new form of travel in recent years. It has been very popular in the world. This thesis contains such content following, the history of ecotourism, the present conditions of ecotourism, the problems when developing ecotourism, and also the reasons caused these problems.The reasons caused these problems are varied, not only have the misleading conceptions, but also the systematic defects, the shortcoming of education, but the basic one is that the consciousness of environmental protection is not better which causes lack the idea of sustainable development and the environmental ethics. If we want to solve these problems, we must have a clear realization of what is the concept of ecotourism, the characteristics of ecotourism, and the ethical essences contained in ecotourism. Only in this way can we analyze the ethic and construct a systematic principles adapted to ecotourism.This thesis tells the concept of ecotourism and contrasts ecotourism with traditional tourism and also natural tourism which is the especial form of traditional tourism. According to the comparison, the author points out that the ethical characteristic is the basic difference between ecotourism and other's tourism. It shows that the ecotourism initiating a green consumptive style and a state that man and nature living together harmoniously and also a sustainable development style.This thesis also includes the principles we must abide when developing ecotourism. At the same time, the participants, the developer, the manager of ecotourism must follow such moral criteria, as initiating green consumption, respecting variety of bio being, loving nature just like loving yourself, building up the system of waste recycling, developing continently, making local community involved and so on.