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ecotourism

/ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/US/ˌɛkoʊˈtʊɹɪzəm/

ecotourism noun: responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.

Noun

ecotourism (usually uncountable, plural ecotourisms)

  1. (usually) Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
    • 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

ecotourism meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Persian

ecotourism in Tamil

சூழுலா, சூழலுக்கு அழிவு ஏற்படுத்தாத சுற்றுலா

ecotourism in Arabic

responsible travel
سِيَاحَة بِيئِيَّة siyāḥa bīʔiyya

ecotourism in Malay

responsible travel
ekotourisme

ecotourism in Persian

responsible travel
طبیعتگردی
More languagesFewer languages
ecotourism in Vietnamese
du lịch sinh thái

Forms of ecotourism

pluralecotourisms

Origin of ecotourism

From eco- + tourism.

Words formed from ecotourism

Questions about ecotourism

What does ecotourism mean?
Ecotourism means responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.
What is ecotourism in Tamil?
Ecotourism in Tamil is சூழுலா, சூழலுக்கு அழிவு ஏற்படுத்தாத சுற்றுலா. See Ecotourism meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ecotourism?
Ecotourism is a noun.
How do you pronounce ecotourism?
Ecotourism is pronounced /ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/ (UK).
What is the plural of ecotourism?
The plural of ecotourism is ecotourisms.

Words near ecotourism in the dictionary

  1. ecotopias
  2. ecotopic
  3. ecotopically
  4. ecotour
  5. ecotouring
  6. ecotourism
  7. ecotourisms
  8. ecotourist
  9. ecotouristic
  10. ecotourists
  11. ecotours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ecotourism (page history and authors); ecotourism (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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