Q123 · UPPSC Prelims 2020 · Set A · General Studies

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The main objective of sustainable tourism is

A To increase the number of tourists
B To manage mass scale tourism and small scale travel
C To manage tourism and environment while maintaining cultural integrity and ecological processes
D None of the above

Correct answer: (c) To manage tourism and environment while maintaining cultural integrity and ecological processes

Explanation

  1. A

    To increase the number of tourists

    Raising tourist numbers is a growth target, not the core of sustainable tourism, which can require limits.

  2. B

    To manage mass scale tourism and small scale travel

    Managing mass versus small-scale travel is an operational split, not the defining objective.

  3. C

    To manage tourism and environment while maintaining cultural integrity and ecological processes

    Sustainable tourism seeks to manage tourism and the environment while maintaining cultural integrity and ecological processes — the UNWTO/UNEP-style definition used in this paper. That is the official key.

  4. D

    None of the above

    None of the above would discard the integrity-and-ecology formulation, which is the keyed aim.

Summary. Official key is (c). Sustainable tourism is quality of destination and community, not maximising arrivals. Cultural integrity plus ecological processes is the textbook phrase. Honour the stored letter (c).