The aim of this work is to identify economical approaches in the accommodation offers in surveyed area and to consider the importance of friendly approaches in the accommodation offer in a strategy of companies offering accommodation, to emphasise the importance of enviromentally sustainable tourism, to analyse requirements of tourists on the eco-friendly accommodation, and on the basis of these analyses, to suggest possible improvements of this accommodation.

Tourism in Sweden is growing rapidly and the tourism industry is facing many challenges. Global tourism is getting less sustainable due to the rapid growth of the tourist industry and it is of great importance that actors within the industry starts working preventively to reduce negative environmental impact. There are great challenges then as growth in traveling must be combined with sustainable development. Included in tourist industry are meetings industry. Business traveling generates a large part of the total tourism revenue and this sector.  This essay touches on the meetings industry and the ecological sustainability with focus on meetings facilities and their work regarding sustainable development. Explored is how chosen facilities work with these issues, how they experience the work and the challenges surrounding the implementation of environmental issues. Furthermore, the authors touches on subjects relating to rules and regulations which actors in the tourist industry should take into consideration. / Turismen i Sverige ökar kraftigt och turismindustrin står inför många utmaningar. Den globala turismen blir mindre hållbar på grund av turismindustrins snabba tillväxt och det är av stor vikt att aktörer inom turismindustrin börjar arbeta i förebyggande syfte för att minska den negativa påverkan på miljön. Det finns stora utmaningar då det gäller att kombinera det ökande resandet med en hållbar utveckling. Inkluderat i turismindustrin är mötesindustrin och affärsresandet som genererar en stor del av den totala turismomsättningen. Denna uppsats berör mötesindustrin och den ekologiska hållbarheten med fokus på mötesanläggningar och deras arbete kring hållbar utveckling. Syftet är att undersöka hur anläggningar arbetar samt hur de upplever arbetet och svårigheter kring implementering av miljöfrågor. Vidare tar föreliggande studie upp ämnen som rör ramar och regelverk som aktörer inom turismindustrin bör ta i beaktning.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:51:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ArturMM_DISSERT.pdf: 3041326 bytes, checksum: 4e2ac88eb874a13f7269f78135e2eb69 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-11-14 / Mozambique holds a potential for tourism development, especially for nature tourism, due to the existence of conservation areas around the country. The Maputo Special Reserve (MES) is considered as one of the most important conservation area and has benefited from investment in order to incruse the development of tourism in the region. Currently the number of visitors to MES has grown substantially with the intention to develop recreational activities related to ecotourism. Now the challenge lies in the way of optimizing opportunities for tourism development in order to achieve economic benefitis reduction the lead to poverty, without degrading the environment. Ecotourism face the demands and environmental discussions has been assumed as an alternative to the tourist market focused on protected areas, as it is believed that this segment is able to reconcile tourism development and simultaneously improve the conservation of the natural environment and still ensure the recovery of local communities and promoting their welfare. This study aims to analyze, from the perception of the local community, social and environmental contribution of ecotourism in Maputo Special Reserve, Mozambique. The research sought to investigate the relationship between ecotourism development in the region and generate benefits for the socio-environmental communities for residents. To achieve the objective, was chosen a critical analysis about the generation of socio-environmental benefits versus ecotourism in which we opted for a qualitative and quantitative approach seeking to establish the degree of agreement and disagreement about the benefits generated by ecotourism through interviews with community members / Mo?ambique ? detentor de um potencial para o desenvolvimento do turismo, principalmente para o turismo de natureza, devido a exist?ncia de ?reas de conserva??o por quase todo o Pa?s. A Reserva Especial de Maputo (REM) configura-se como uma das mais importantes unidades de conserva??o e tem recebido investimentos por forma a dinamizar o desenvolvimento do turismo na regi?o. Atualmente assiste-se a um aumento substancial na demanda de visitantes que se deslocam para REM com a inten??o de desenvolver uma s?rie de atividades de natureza recreativa relacionados ao ecoturismo. Atualmente o desafio reside na forma de otimiza??o das oportunidades para o desenvolvimento do turismo com vista a atingir um n?vel de desenvolvimento econ?mico que conduza ? redu??o da pobreza, sem degradar o meio ambiente. O ecoturismo face ?s demandas e discuss?es ambientais vem se assumindo como uma alternativa para o mercado tur?stico focado em ?reas protegidas, pois se acredita que este segmento ? capaz de conciliar o desenvolvimento do turismo, simultaneamente contribuir para melhorar a conserva??o do meio natural e ainda garantir a valoriza??o das comunidades locais, promovendo o seu bem estar. Este estudo se prop?e a analisar, a partir da percep??o da comunidade local, a contribui??o s?cio-ambiental do ecoturismo na Reserva Especial de Maputo - Mo?ambique. A pesquisa buscou averiguar as rela??es entre desenvolvimento do ecoturismo na regi?o e a gera??o de benef?cios de ?mbito s?cio-ambiental para as comunidades residentes. Para alcan?ar o objetivo proposto, realizou-se uma an?lise cr?tica acerca da gera??o dos benef?cios s?cio-ambientais versus ecoturismo no qual optou-se por uma abordagem qualiquantitativa procurando-se estabelecer a frequ?ncia do grau de concord?ncia e discord?ncia em rela??o aos benef?cios gerados pelo ecoturismo atrav?s de inquerito aos membros da comunidade

The objective of the diploma thesis was to evaluate the impact of tourism on business activities and development of the city Český Krumlov. Under the analysis of various statistical data the trend of the number of incoming visitors, the economical contribution of tourism on the city, private businesses and citizens were specified. To evaluate the impact of tourism on private businesses and citizens various subjects were questioned via questionnaire online and also during the field research. Under the determined results main problems of the city related to the development of tourism were specified and there were suggestions proposed for the future improvement.

O ecoturismo representa uma das modalidades de turismo de maior interesse na sociedade contemporânea, envolvendo o contato do ser humano com a natureza preservada e contribuindo à conservação do meio ambiente no local visitado. No Brasil, grande parte dos atrativos ecoturísticos encontra-se nas Unidades de Conservação (UCs), onde as Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural (RPPNs) representam a categoria de caráter privado. As RPPNs são instituídas por ato voluntário do proprietário e destinadas à conservação dos ecossistemas, sendo uma das principais estratégias nos biomas brasileiros mais ameaçados.Essas unidades seguem uma tendência mundial de expansão dos esforços privados na conservação da biodiversidade, cujo uso compatível, por meio do turismo, é permitido, mediante planejamento e manejo adequados. Uma pesquisa exploratório-descritiva foi realizada, sob o enfoque quali-quantitativo, com o objetivo de avaliar a importância das RPPNs ao ecoturismo e o papel deste na conservação dos ecossistemas presentes nessas UCs. A análise do cenário das RPPNs no Brasil, comparado ao do Rio Grande do Sul, foi feita a partir da aplicação de questionários, entrevistas e formulários em 14 RPPNs do Brasil que desenvolvem ecoturismo, e sete unidades do Rio Grande do Sul. A pesquisa foi norteada pela questão da possibilidade de o ecoturismo vir a ser um instrumento para a conservação dos ecossistemas nas RPPNs, cujos resultados demonstram tendências e práticas diversas sendo desenvolvidas nesses ambientes. A partir da análise da inter-relação entre meio ambiente e ecoturismo, no âmbito das RPPNs, estas demonstram ser estratégias efetivas na conservação dos ecossistemas brasileiros; porém, ainda um desafio em evolução quanto à implementação dos preceitos do ecoturismo. / Submitted by Marcelo Teixeira (mvteixeira@ucs.br) on 2014-05-14T17:47:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Laura Rudzewicz.pdf: 8050307 bytes, checksum: 15b0f143f485e47795ae7da9ae9da499 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2014-05-14T17:47:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Laura Rudzewicz.pdf: 8050307 bytes, checksum: 15b0f143f485e47795ae7da9ae9da499 (MD5) / Ecotourism represents one of the types of tourism that most interests contemporary society, since it relates the contact of human being with preserved nature while contributing to the local environment conservation. In Brazil, a significant diversity of ecotourism attractions is found within the natural protected areas, in which the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural - RPPN represents the private category. The RPPNs are created by voluntary act from the private owner for the conservation of ecosystems, and it has become one of the main strategies in Brazilian ecosystems that face extreme threats. These areas follow a world-wide trend of enlarging private efforts for conserving biodiversity, where its compatible use through tourism is allowed under an appropriate planning and management. A descriptive and exploratory research was developed, under the qualitative and quantitative methods, with the objective to evaluate the importance of the RPPNs to the ecotourism and its role in the conservation of ecosystems. The analysis of the RPPNs in Brazil, compared to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, was based in the application of questionnaires, interviews and forms in 14 RPPNs that develop ecotourism around Brazil, and in seven areas in Rio Grande do Sul. The research was guided by the possibility of ecotourism as an instrument for the conservation of ecosystems in the RPPNs, and the results demonstrate a diversity of practices and trends being developed in these environments. The relation between environment and ecotourism in the scope of the RPPNs demonstrates that they are effective strategies to the conservation of Brazilian ecosystems. However, the practices of the concepts of ecotourism are still a challenge for its evolution.

O ecoturismo representa uma das modalidades de turismo de maior interesse na sociedade contemporânea, envolvendo o contato do ser humano com a natureza preservada e contribuindo à conservação do meio ambiente no local visitado. No Brasil, grande parte dos atrativos ecoturísticos encontra-se nas Unidades de Conservação (UCs), onde as Reservas Particulares do Patrimônio Natural (RPPNs) representam a categoria de caráter privado. As RPPNs são instituídas por ato voluntário do proprietário e destinadas à conservação dos ecossistemas, sendo uma das principais estratégias nos biomas brasileiros mais ameaçados.Essas unidades seguem uma tendência mundial de expansão dos esforços privados na conservação da biodiversidade, cujo uso compatível, por meio do turismo, é permitido, mediante planejamento e manejo adequados. Uma pesquisa exploratório-descritiva foi realizada, sob o enfoque quali-quantitativo, com o objetivo de avaliar a importância das RPPNs ao ecoturismo e o papel deste na conservação dos ecossistemas presentes nessas UCs. A análise do cenário das RPPNs no Brasil, comparado ao do Rio Grande do Sul, foi feita a partir da aplicação de questionários, entrevistas e formulários em 14 RPPNs do Brasil que desenvolvem ecoturismo, e sete unidades do Rio Grande do Sul. A pesquisa foi norteada pela questão da possibilidade de o ecoturismo vir a ser um instrumento para a conservação dos ecossistemas nas RPPNs, cujos resultados demonstram tendências e práticas diversas sendo desenvolvidas nesses ambientes. A partir da análise da inter-relação entre meio ambiente e ecoturismo, no âmbito das RPPNs, estas demonstram ser estratégias efetivas na conservação dos ecossistemas brasileiros; porém, ainda um desafio em evolução quanto à implementação dos preceitos do ecoturismo. / Ecotourism represents one of the types of tourism that most interests contemporary society, since it relates the contact of human being with preserved nature while contributing to the local environment conservation. In Brazil, a significant diversity of ecotourism attractions is found within the natural protected areas, in which the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural - RPPN represents the private category. The RPPNs are created by voluntary act from the private owner for the conservation of ecosystems, and it has become one of the main strategies in Brazilian ecosystems that face extreme threats. These areas follow a world-wide trend of enlarging private efforts for conserving biodiversity, where its compatible use through tourism is allowed under an appropriate planning and management. A descriptive and exploratory research was developed, under the qualitative and quantitative methods, with the objective to evaluate the importance of the RPPNs to the ecotourism and its role in the conservation of ecosystems. The analysis of the RPPNs in Brazil, compared to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, was based in the application of questionnaires, interviews and forms in 14 RPPNs that develop ecotourism around Brazil, and in seven areas in Rio Grande do Sul. The research was guided by the possibility of ecotourism as an instrument for the conservation of ecosystems in the RPPNs, and the results demonstrate a diversity of practices and trends being developed in these environments. The relation between environment and ecotourism in the scope of the RPPNs demonstrates that they are effective strategies to the conservation of Brazilian ecosystems. However, the practices of the concepts of ecotourism are still a challenge for its evolution.