The document defines tourism carrying capacity as the maximum number of visitors a destination can support without damaging the physical, economic, socio-cultural environment or decreasing visitors' satisfaction according to the World Tourism Organization. It also states that carrying capacity ensures environmental protection and sustainability and identifies four types of carrying capacities that are analyzed: physical, economic, socio-cultural, and visitor experience capacities.

1. Carrying Capacity
Prof. (Dr.) S N Misra

2. "Tourism Carrying Capacity" is defined
by the World Tourism Organization
as:
“The maximum number of people
that may visit a tourist destination at
the same time, without causing
destruction of the physical, economic,
socio-cultural environment and an
unacceptable decrease in the quality
of visitors' satisfaction”.

3. One accepted definition says that:
“Carrying capacity“ stands for the
maximum number of visitors to a
certain tourist destination without
having any negative impacts on the
environment or the undesirable
decrease in the quality of visitors’
satisfaction.

4. According to the WTO:
The carrying capacity is
fundamental for
environmental protection and
sustainability.

5. Carrying capacity is, therefore,
analyzed as four different types of
carrying capacity: