Assessing the impact of ecotourism on the components of the natural environment

Abstract

This article is devoted to a close analysis of ecological tourism in one of the subjects of the Russian Federation - Yakutia. In the article under consideration the author made a conclusion that ecological tourism is a type of tourism aimed at ensuring sustainable economic development of specially protected areas, by creating conditions for the integrated development of investment, tourism, social and cultural activities, taking into account the features of the landscape, the specific nature conservation and anthropogenic pressure on this natural territory. Particular attention is paid to the negative and positive impact of ecological tourism on the natural environment.