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The concepts of sustainable development, sustainable tourism, and ecotourism all represent relatively recent developments that, particularly since the early 1990s, have been the subject of controversial debate. There is no generally accepted understanding of their precise meaning and a definitional approach appears problematic. The aim of this Research Note is therefore to provide a brief overview of their background, different interpretations, values, and principles as well as the linkages between them. This should lead to an understanding that implementation of these concepts is not just an academic and technical discourse but, more so, a socio-political question.
Christof Pforr (Tue,) studied this question.