Sustainable development is defined as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs . The application of sustainable development to tourism is known as sustainable tourism , which has become an important part of planning for the conservation and development of natural and cultural resources . Sustainable tourism often includes an emphasis on mass transit , renewable resources , leave-no-trace activities and community development . The challenge of the sustainable development concept is how to balance environmental conservation(the sustainable part) with economic development(the development part) . This is typically simplified into a political dichotomy betwen environmental left and the pro-development right . Successful sustainable develpoment efforts have overcome these political divisions to find and work toward a common future .
In recent years the United States National Park Service (NPS) and other goverment authorities have been trying to address the environmental degradation of the Grand Canyon by limiting the impact sightseeing helicoptersand airplanes,reducing the number of motorized boats on the Colorado River , working to adopt a mass transit system that would replace the use of private automobiles within the park , and increasingpollution control and regional power plants . The PNS also requires the private vendors who manage the hotels and restaurants in the park to practice resource conservation and renewable energy in their operations .
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