Please feel free to agree or disagree with them or to modify them as you wish. I am providing them merely as a starting point for discussion. Third, the Adventure Travel Society, based in Colorado, has provided definitions for both ecotourism and adventure travel. Normally, adventure travel also includes an element of risk to go along with the challenge. This could include mountain climbing in the Himalayas, shooting the rapids in the Grand Canyon, or a taking a big game safari in the heart of Africa.
Adventure travel is one of the main forerunners of ecotourism.
It often provides a special breed of thrill-seeking travelers with access to wild and remote areas inhabited by traditional or untouched societies. Ecotourism evolved as the fragile nature of these areas and cultures became a significant concern to a broader cross-section of tourists. It's easy to see why ecotourism is a fairly nebulous concept even among those who are directly involved in developing, packaging, promoting, and operating tourism experiences. From the three definitions that I have just quoted, certain attributes are indeed prominent. They are the natural and cultural environments, resource conservation, tourist responsibility, and economic benefits for the local community.