ECO TOURISM

Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving visiting fragile, pristine, and relatively undisturbed natural
areas, intended as a low-impact and often small scale alternative to standard commercial mass tourism.

 It means responsible travel to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of
the local people.

Since the 1980s, ecotourism has been considered a critical endeavor by environmentalists, so that future
generations may experience destinations relatively untouched by human intervention. [2]:33 Several
university programs use this description as the working definition of ecotourism.

Ecotourism typically involves travel to destinations where flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the

primary attractions.

Flora – novenyvilag

Fauna – allatvilag

Cultural heritage – kulturalis orokseg

Popular international destinations for ecotourism include Kenya, Palau and Costa Rica. 

Disadvantages of Ecotourism

 Compromising of land. Converting undeveloped land into profitable space for tourism is one
disadvantage. ...
 Residents may leave. Ecotourism may displace some local residents. ...
 Cultural insensitivity. ...
 Lack of income prospects. ...
 Instability.

WELLNESS AND THERMAL TOURISM

Wellness tourism is travel for the purpose of promoting health and well-being through physical,
psychological, or spiritual activities.

Today the main pillars of Wellness Travel are healthy food options, fitness activities and nature. ...
The Wellness Tourism Association defines Wellness Travel as: Travel that allows the traveler to
maintain, enhance or kick-start a healthy lifestyle, and support or increase one's sense of wellbeing.

While wellness tourism is often correlated with medical tourism because health interests motivate the
traveler, wellness tourists are proactive in seeking to improve or maintain health and quality of life, often
focusing on prevention, while medical tourists generally travel reactively to receive treatment for a
diagnosed disease or condition.

Hungary is ranked among the most important spa and health tourism destinations in the world. The
number and variety of mineral and medicinal waters result in a unique supply in Eastern Central Europe.
In Hungary, 51 settlements have certifi ed medical spas, with Budapest, the capital city off ering 7
medical spas alone.

Conference and business tourism

Business tourism or business travel is a more limited and focused subset of regular tourism. During

business tourism (traveling), individuals are still working and being paid, but are doing so away from
both their workplace and home.

Primary business tourism activities include meetings, and attending conferences and exhibitions.  Despite
the term business in business tourism, when individuals from government or non-profit organizations
engage in similar activities, this is still categorized as business tourism (travel).

Compared to regular tourism, business tourism involves a smaller section of the population, with different
motivations, and additional freedom-of-choice-limiting constraints imposed through the business aspects.
Destinations of business tourism are much more likely to be areas significantly developed for business
purposes (cities, industrial regions, etc.). An average business tourist is more wealthy than an average
leisure tourist, and is expected to spend more money.
Business tourism can be divided into primary and secondary activities. Primary ones are business (work)-
related, and included activities such as consultancy, inspections, and attending meetings. Secondary ones
are related to tourism (leisure) and include activities such as dining out, recreation, shopping, sightseeing,
meeting others for leisure activities, and so on. While the primary ones tend to be seen as more important,
the secondary ones are nonetheless often described as "substantial"

Most tourist facilities, such as airports, restaurants and hotels, are shared between leisure and business
tourists, through a seasonal difference is often apparent (for example, business tourism may use those
facilities during times less attractive for leisure tourists, such as when the weather conditions are less
attractive).
Business tourism can be divided into:

 traditional business traveling, or meetings - intended for face-to-face meetings with business partners
in different locations
 incentive trips - a job perk, aimed at motivating employees (for example, approximately a third of
UK companies use this strategy to motivate workers)
 conference and exhibition traveling - intended for attending large-scale meetings. In an estimated
number of 14,000 conferences worldwide (for 1994), primary destinations are Paris, London, Madrid,
Geneva, Brussels, Washington, New York, Sydney and Singapore