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Österlenturen bicycle vacation on Österlen - a project about sustainable tourism

Backman, Jonna (2012) In Diploma work IDEM01 20121
Industrial Design
Abstract (Swedish)
Every year people are vacationing thousands of miles away
from home. Low cost tickets and packaged trips have made
exotic tourism more affordable.
The mass tourism developed during the 50s and today, the
travelling- and tourism industry is the third biggest industry
in the world. Only the oil industry and the building sector are
bigger. The biggest environmental load caused by tourism is
the transportation (Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen, 2004).
The tourism industry is causing a heavy negative impact on the
environment. The large quantity of tourists’ causes big pressure
on the nature and can lead to for example increased pollution,
soil erosion, extermination of plant- and animal species and exploitation
of fresh water and/or... (More)
Every year people are vacationing thousands of miles away
from home. Low cost tickets and packaged trips have made
exotic tourism more affordable.
The mass tourism developed during the 50s and today, the
travelling- and tourism industry is the third biggest industry
in the world. Only the oil industry and the building sector are
bigger. The biggest environmental load caused by tourism is
the transportation (Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen, 2004).
The tourism industry is causing a heavy negative impact on the
environment. The large quantity of tourists’ causes big pressure
on the nature and can lead to for example increased pollution,
soil erosion, extermination of plant- and animal species and exploitation
of fresh water and/or other resources.
However, tourism used in the right way can help protecting
the nature, give it an economical value and at the same time
support the local population. This is called ecotourism. (Less)
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author
Backman, Jonna
supervisor
organization
course
IDEM01 20121
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Industrial design, graphic design, ecotourism, bicycle tourism, signpost
publication/series
Diploma work
report number
ISRN: LUT-DVIDE/ EX--12/50153—SE
ISSN
ISRN
language
English
id
2827204
date added to LUP
2012-06-20 14:19:26
date last changed
2012-06-20 14:19:26
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  abstract     = {{Every year people are vacationing thousands of miles away
from home. Low cost tickets and packaged trips have made
exotic tourism more affordable.
The mass tourism developed during the 50s and today, the
travelling- and tourism industry is the third biggest industry
in the world. Only the oil industry and the building sector are
bigger. The biggest environmental load caused by tourism is
the transportation (Svenska Naturskyddsföreningen, 2004).
The tourism industry is causing a heavy negative impact on the
environment. The large quantity of tourists’ causes big pressure
on the nature and can lead to for example increased pollution,
soil erosion, extermination of plant- and animal species and exploitation
of fresh water and/or other resources.
However, tourism used in the right way can help protecting
the nature, give it an economical value and at the same time
support the local population. This is called ecotourism.}},
  author       = {{Backman, Jonna}},
  issn         = {{ISRN}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  series       = {{Diploma work}},
  title        = {{Österlenturen bicycle vacation on Österlen - a project about sustainable tourism}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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