Geography about place. Tourism is also about place, but not necessarily all the tourism.
We'd like to highlight the relationship between tourism and "sense of place, supporting and highlighting the geographical character of the place visited - its environment, its heritage, its beauty, its culture and welfare of its people: Laltraisola note.
"What is the difference between this type of tourism or sustainable tourism el'ecoturismo? It 'simple: ecotourism focuses only on nature, as we'd like to propose a tourism that would help make a place distinctive, unique. Without doubt, sustainable tourism, which should not cause damage, but goes beyond, because it focuses on the importance of place and recognizes that there are opportunities for development, starting from the character of the place, thereby enriching both the experience of travel that the quality of the environment.
When, as often happens, we measure our success in tourism, in terms of quantity and not quality, it can accelerate the trend toward the destruction of tourist destinations. It 'very important to tourism success is measured not by counting heads, but economic and social benefits for the resort. Without a policy that preserves what tourists are coming to see, the place may eventually find that it has no attractions.
We must therefore focusing attention in a holistic way on all the natural and human attributes that make a place worth a visit. This includes flora and fauna, historical monuments and archaeological sites, scenic landscapes, traditional architecture and everything that constitutes culture, like music, cooking (and agricultural traditions that accompany it), l ' crafts, folk dancing, arts, crafts, etc..
This finally may promote the local population, creating a virtuous cycle where the locals benefit from tourism, that benefit in turn, if communicated clearly provides an incentive to protect what tourists are coming to see. |
This also develops local pride, both for the natural resources of the area for its history and its traditional qualities.
Local communication and who lives there is in fact the key.
The best interaction is when the locals helps visitors to learn all about location, because when we understand and appreciate a place, one becomes more interested in protecting.
The term "better" is another important distinction in our thinking: the first directive of sustainable tourism is "do no harm", but it can also improve things within certain limits, as long as the improvement remains faithful to the character of the place. This can be done in two ways, the first of which is tourism construction that creates something that adapts to the environment and makes it a bit 'better than it was before.
The second way is restorative tourism that helps to save something that otherwise might disappear.
To all this the Consortium "laltraisola" intends to make a significant contribution and stimulus.
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