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ecotourism

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌiːkəʊˈtʊəɹɪz(ə)m/
  • US: /ˌɛkoʊˈtʊɹɪzəm/
  • US: /ˌikoʊˈtʊɹɪzəm/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Responsible (sustainable) travel to natural areas supporting the fauna, flora, and local economy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

tourism to exotic or threatened ecosystems to observe wildlife or to help preserve nature

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tourism, touristry

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wóyḱos Proto-Hellenic *wóikos Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) Latin oeco- French éco- English eco- Proto-Indo-European *terh1- Proto-Indo-European *-nos Proto-Indo-European *tórh1nos Proto-Hellenic *tórnos Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos)bor. Latin tornus Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin tornō Old French torner Old French tourder. English tour Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English tourism English ecotourism From eco- + tourism.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِيَاحَة بِيئِيَّة (siyāḥa bīʔiyya) — responsible travel
  • Armenian: էկոտուրիզմ (ēkoturizm) — responsible travel
  • Catalan: ecoturisme — responsible travel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生態旅遊 /生态旅游 (shēngtài lǚyóu) — responsible travel
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生態觀光 /生态观光 (shēngtài guānguāng) — responsible travel
  • Czech: ekoturistika — responsible travel
  • Danish: økoturisme — responsible travel
  • Dutch: duurzaam toerisme — responsible travel
  • Estonian: ökoturism — responsible travel
  • Finnish: ekomatkailu — responsible travel
  • Finnish: ekoturismi — responsible travel
  • French: écotourisme — responsible travel
  • Georgian: ეკოტურიზმი (eḳoṭurizmi) — responsible travel
  • German: Ökotourismus — responsible travel
  • Greek: οικοτουρισμός (oikotourismós) — responsible travel
  • Hebrew: תיירות אקולוגית — responsible travel
  • Icelandic: visthæf ferðamennska — responsible travel
  • Irish: éiceathurasóireacht — responsible travel
  • Japanese: エコツーリズム (ekotsūrizumu) — responsible travel
  • Khmer: អេកូទេសចរណ៍ (ekoo-teehsa’cɑɑ) — responsible travel
  • Korean: 생태 관광 (saengtae gwan'gwang) — responsible travel
  • Macedonian: екотуризам (ekoturizam) — responsible travel
  • Malay: ekotourisme — responsible travel
  • Norwegian Bokmål: økoturisme — responsible travel
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: økoturisme — responsible travel
  • Persian: طبیعتگردی — responsible travel
  • Polish: ekoturystyka — responsible travel
  • Portuguese: ecoturismo — responsible travel
  • Russian: экотури́зм (ekoturízm) — responsible travel
  • Russian: экологи́ческий тури́зм (ekologíčeskij turízm) — responsible travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: ekološki turizam — responsible travel
  • Serbo-Croatian: eko-turizam — responsible travel
  • Spanish: turismo ecológico — responsible travel
  • Spanish: ecoturismo — responsible travel
  • Swedish: ekoturism — responsible travel
  • Turkish: ekoturizm — responsible travel
  • Vietnamese: du lịch sinh thái — responsible travel
  • Welsh: ecodwristiaeth — responsible travel