ABSTRACT

In tourist-speak, suitable destinations are just as likely to be countries as they are to be specific small-scale resorts, towns or settlements. In fact a browse through the brochures of new forms of tourism shows that most are organised by country or even by groups of countries rather than by resort or community. But the countries that tour operators

Ecological-environmental capacity The level of tourist development or recreational activity beyond which the environment as previously experienced is degraded or compromised.