Scientific Annals of the Danube Delta Institute (Oct 2007)

The Codes of Conduct - interpretation elements for practicing a sustainable tourism in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve

  • NICHIFOR Cristina,
  • BOTA Diana,
  • BOZAGIEVICI Raluca

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13
pp. 193 – 200

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The relation between recreation and education is one of the most important in protecting the environment. Everyone, despite of his social status, religion or conceptions, should be aware that by his own behavior can influence things. The environmental education isn’t just a regulation method of the tourists circulation, but it can, in the case of protected areas, become also very important in the education in regards with the environment’s protection. The ecological guidelines represented in the form of Codes of Conduct have a special role in ecological education of the readers, in understanding the protected areas’ managers efforts and protecting the area’s natural and cultural values. The paper present the Codes of Conduct, designed both for tourists and the tour-operators,recommended for practicing a sustainable tourism in DDBR.

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