Ecotourism: Tourism that focuses on protecting the environment and the local way of life. Also known as green tourism.
National Park: An area usually designated by law where development is limited and planning controlled.The landscape is regarded as unusual and valuable, therefore worth preserving.
Honeypot Site: A location attracting a large number of tourists who, due to their numbers, place pressure on the environment and people.
Mass Tourism: Tourism on a large scale to one country or region. This equates to the Development and Consolidation phases of the Butler tourist resort life-cycle model.
Extreme Environments: Locations with particularly difficult environments where the development of tourism has only recently occurred due to a niche market demand for somewhere different with physical challenges.