Tourisme vert à Montréal

Lexicon
Sustainable tourism:
• Tourism that focusses on achieving a balance between the three pillars of economic, social and
environmental sustainability.
• Managing resources in such a way that economic, social and aesthetic imperatives are met while, at the
same time, respecting the host area’s cultural and environmental integrity, biological diversity and living
environments.
• Basically, the concepts of good governance apply to all types of tourist activities, services and
infrastructure.
Green tourism:
• While sustainable tourism is concerned with the long term social, economic and environmental impacts of
tourism, green tourism focuses purely on the environmental implications.
• According to tourismevert.org, this type of tourism is a manifestation of sustainable tourism that focusses
on discovering and preserving nature. In urban areas, green tourism also refers to urban ecology and
environmentally responsible behaviour.
Sources:
- Tourisme Vert. n.d. Web. Jan. 2012. .
- Northern Ireland Tourist Board. Types of Sustainable Tourism, Oct. 2012.
- Groupe IBI-DAA, Plan vert de l’industrie touristique montréalaise 2010-2013, 2011.
- “Tourisme durable, responsable. Quelle est la différence.” Portail de l’Économie positive. Jul. 2012.
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