Tabarcea, AlaIaquinta, Pietro2023-03-152023-03-152022-09-27TABARCEA, Ala; IAQUINTA, Pietro. The impact of tourism on the environment and development prospects of ecotourism. In: Development of sustainable tourism: actualities and opportunities. 27 septembrie 2022, Chisinau. CEP USM, 2022, pp. 99-106. ISBN 978-9975-62-502-9 (PDF)978-9975-62-502-9 (PDF)https://msuir.usm.md/handle/123456789/9095https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7601944Tourism is one of the most important economic activities and a promoter of sustainable development. The increase in the complexity and volume of the tourism offer has led to the development of a real tourism industry, for which reason tourism should be treated as a separate branch of the economy. Tourism plays a key role in the economic and social life by acting as a dynamic force in the global economic system, as a means of diversifying the economic structure and alleviating inter-regional imbalances, and as an active and attractive means of education, raising the level of knowledge, culture and civilisation of the population.ensustainable developmentcultural tourismenvironment protectionmarketing activityArticle