Ecotourism and Its Impact on Development in Karbala Governorate Green Tourism as an Example

Аннотация

Ecotourism is one of the best global tourism styles at present because of its advantages that have made it at the forefront of Tourism styles, being a clean tourism that works to preserve natural areas and try to be environmentally sustainable and invest them optimally for the great benefit of all parties involved in the tourism process.The importance of ecotourism is manifested through the positive effects it provides, such as increasing the revenues of the local community, preserving natural areas, improving the level of the environment, developing infrastructure, improving and developing tourist attractions, as well as preventing its negative effects, such as destroying the quality of the environment, defacing tourist areas, water and air pollution, the Holy province of Karbala has the components of ecotourism, which qualifies it to be an excellent tourist interface, which is reflected in increasing national income and achieving community well-being, as well as being one of the factors of recreation and relaxation a large and important segment of society The research was based on the premise that it is necessary to activate and apply the concept of ecotourism from During the increase of environmental awareness of citizens and relevant authorities using the correct policies and criteria to pay attention to this type of tourism, the research found that there is no clear strategy for ecotourism, which has the components of ecotourism and the weak location of Tourism Development in development plans, which reduces its importance on an ongoing basis, and then developed Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Fundamentals 131 https://eipublication.com/index.php/jsshrf Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Fundamentals some recommendations and proposals that would 1. What is the concept of ecotourism? develop ecotourism to achieve development in the 2. What is the impact of ecotourism on development? province, it should be noted that the research has been 3. What are the elements of ecotourism? divided into two researches in which the researcher dealt with the concept of ecotourism, the geographical 4. How does ecotourism affect Karbala governorate? components of the city of Karbala and the extent of its 5. What types of ecotourism in Karbala governorate? impact on development. Research Hypothesis Keywords: Target Costing Technique, Quality Function, The hypothesis is represented by the following answers Improving Product Value, Production Costs. that were put forward by the researcher, which are as follows: Introduction: Ecotourism is one of the fastest growing 1. the environment and tourism are united by an types of tourism in many countries of the world. integration and interdependence relationship. Developed countries have been seeking for three Without a sound environment, tourism cannot decades to apply the concept of tourism sustainability, exist, and without organized eco-tourism planning, which depends on three important aspects, first: the the environment will disappear. material returns of entrepreneurs, and the social 2. there are many features and benefits that dimension, considering that these institutions are part ecotourism achieves, the most important of which of the local community. is that it works to preserve the environmental Second: benefiting from local expertise and heritage from loss. competencies as much as possible, in addition to 3. the province of Karbala abounds in a diverse involving the local community in the environment; biological environment that can be exploited by attractive tourist elements are part of the environment, creating nature reserves that contribute to and therefore tourism planning should be third: activating ecotourism in the province. Therefore, Karbala governorate has important and significant tourist attractions with its civilized and natural environment, but it is a spring that pulsates The Importance of Research with history, heritage and beauty, which are 1. to explain the concept of ecotourism and its types represented by the Tar caves, akhidar Fort, Khan al- and to indicate the extent of its impact on Rabi, Lake Razzaza, water eyes, Imam Ali's Katara and development. its large agricultural areas and farms, and these tourist 2. the importance of this research is manifested by elements are available only in a few regions of the the importance of ecotourism as it highlights world, and if attention is paid to them and study ways ecotourism as one of the most important types of to establish ecotourism in the province and benefit modern tourism in the world. from the experiences of others and the application of international standards, the results will be accordingly, 3. statement of the most important types and the research focused on highlighting the concept of elements of attracting ecotourism in Karbala ecotourism and the geographical distribution of the governorate. most important regions Tourism in Karbala 4. highlighting this typ