Ecotourism Meaning

/ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/
C1

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nounResponsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.

Ecotourism is more and more popular.
Have you read my project on ecotourism?
CEFR Practice Quiz
They promote ____ to protect rainforests while allowing travel.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is more and more popular.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh₁nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Old French torner Old French tourder. English tour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tourism English ecotourism From eco- + tourism.

"Driven by a search for the perfectly "grammable" shot, ecotourism is everywhere on the rise, though it rarely delivers on the promise of its name, which is to reconcile the impulse to consume nature with the desire to conserve it." — 2020 August 24, Amia Srinivasan, “What Have We Done to the Whale?”, in The New Yorker:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
They promote ____ to protect rainforests while allowing travel.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
____ is more and more popular.

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