The ecosystem services (ESS) based worldview understands
that nature contributes to human well-being and
society can operate in a way which reduces or enhances
nature’s capacity to contribute to our well-being. ESS can
be defined as conditions and processes through which
ecosystems sustain and enrich human life. Most generally,
four types of ESS are differentiated: provisioning, regulating, cultural, and supporting ESS. Tourism in general and ecotourism in particular are usually related to cultural ESS
