Ecotourism from the perspective of the Holy Quran

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

Shirin Aghanajafizadeh ¹

1 - Assistant Professor of Environmental Department, Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)

Received: 2016-12-17 Accepted : 2017-01-29 Published : 2018-09-23

Keywords: Ecotourism, The Holy Quran, Nature, Human,

Abstract :

Abstract There exist multiple definitions from different viewpoints regarding the concept of ecotourism or nature tourism at global level which are largely controversial among different countries. These definitions encompass different axes of ecotourism, Although many of th. Now a day, this concept encounters educational, cultural, and administrative challenges. With regard to the fact that numerous verses in Koran refer to this concept, undoubtedly the most complete sense of ecotourism can be inferred from the Holy Koran. Reflection on Quranic verses shows that the view of Holy Quran on this issue is a holistic one. In this article has been tried to resolve the ecotourism paradigm in the world today through the introduction of the concept of Koranic ecotourism and provide a new attitude for the experts in this area so help to their performance in this area.

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