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  2. Tourism carrying capacity - Wikipedia

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    Tourism carrying capacity (TCC) is an imperfect [1] but useful approach to managing visitors in vulnerable areas. [2] The TCC concept evolved out of the fields of range, habitat and wildlife management. In these fields, managers attempted to determine the largest population of a particular species that could be supported by a habitat over a ...

  3. Overtourism - Wikipedia

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    The excessive growth of visitors can lead to negative effect for local residents, especially during temporary or seasonal tourism peaks. Therefore, the carrying capacity of a tourist destination is also measured in terms of social carrying capacity, and the behaviour of the tourists. [8] Overtourism is sometimes incorrectly equated with mass ...

  4. Sustainable tourism - Wikipedia

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    Sustainable tourism is a concept that covers the complete tourism experience, including concern for economic, social, and environmental issues as well as attention to improving tourists' experiences and addressing the needs of host communities. [1] Sustainable tourism should embrace concerns for environmental protection, social equity, and the ...

  5. Carrying capacity - Wikipedia

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    Carrying capacity is a commonly used concept for biologists when trying to better understand biological populations and the factors which affect them. [1] When addressing biological populations, carrying capacity can be seen as a stable dynamic equilibrium, taking into account extinction and colonization rates. [ 16 ]

  6. Impacts of tourism - Wikipedia

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    As the population increases so do the impacts: resources become unsustainable and exhausted, the carrying capacity for tourists at a destination site may be depleted. [14] Often, when negative impacts occur, it is too late to impose restrictions and regulations. Tourist destinations seem to discover that many of the negative impacts are found ...

  7. Ecotourism - Wikipedia

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    Ecotourism is a form of nature-oriented tourism intended to contribute to the conservation of the natural environment, generally defined as being minimally impactful, and including providing both contributions to conservation and environmental education. [1] The definition sometimes also includes being financially beneficial to the host ...

  8. Population ecology - Wikipedia

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    In a population, carrying capacity is known as the maximum population size of the species that the environment can sustain, which is determined by resources available. In many classic population models, r is represented as the intrinsic growth rate, where K is the carrying capacity, and N0 is the initial population size. [5]

  9. Tourism - Wikipedia

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    With space tourism still being new concept, there are many factors that needs to be considered for the industry. ... "Managing tourism carrying capacity of art cities ...