Journal of Sustainable Tourism
Editors: Bill Bramwell (Sheffield Hallam University) and Bernard Lane (Visiting Research Fellow, Sheffield Hallam University)
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Volume: 6 Number: 3 Page: 238–253
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An Evaluation of Deep Ecotourism and Shallow Ecotourism
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T.G. Acott, H.L. La Trobe and S.H. Howard
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The term ecotourism has many meanings. It can refer to a genuine attempt at environmentally sustainable tourism or be used in a cynical way to try and attract greater numbers of visitors to an area. There
is a need to place environmentally benign and environmentally detrimental aspects of ecotourism into a typological framework. This paper uses fundamental principles from the environmentalism and sustainable
development debate to present a classification in which deep ecotourism can be differentiated from shallow ecotourism. This approach allows a clear distinction to be made between positive and negative aspects
of ecotourism.
© Channel View Publications 1998
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