Ecological Tourism as a Tool for Sustainable Urban Development Case Study: El Kantara, Algeria

Abstract

Abstract: Purpose. Tourism has a favorable impact on the economic development of a country. However, research now agrees that this also leads to the destruction of the ecological environment in which it is established. Its management operates increasingly with reference to the concept of sustainable tourism. The objective of this article is to propose a sustainable scenario of a transformation of the red village of the city of El Kantara into an ecological-tourist village. Results. Ecological tourism plays an important role in sustainable urban development, the creation of a micromobility in the propose of ecological-tourism scenario taking into account the notion of the architectural walk in the site of El Kantara, which is rich in heritage, this scenario depends on gentle and non-polluting transport by the application of the method HQE²R which crosses the various dimensions of sustainable development with certain principles of action allowing the transformation of simple district to eco-district. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the improvement of the proposal ecologic scenario for El kantara site on the basis of encouraging the concept of sustainable transportation and eco-tourism. Practical value. The value of the study lies in the proposal of a new development technique on an urban scale, which is development through ecological tourism.