This week’s topics
Principles of Sustainable Tourism
- Ecotourism versus mass tourism models
- Ethical tourism guidelines
- Biodiversity conservation
- Authentic cultural preservation
- Stanford Seminar - Sustainable Conservation
What you will be able to do
- 3.1 Explain the principles of sustainable tourism.
Activity
Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: explain the principles of sustainable tourism.
Study materials
Videos
- Stanford Seminar - Sustainable Conservation · YouTube · Stanford Online · 54 min · for registered students
- Galapagos: managing tourism in (7/7) · YouTube · OpenLearn from The Open University · 4 min · for registered students
- What is sustainable tourism? Why sustainable tourism management is so important · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 9 min · for registered students
- What Is Ecotourism & Why Should We Be Ecotourists? · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 13 min · for registered students
Further resources
- Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (UN Tourism brochure) · PDF · Un, framework · for registered students
- Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 6: Why develop tourism? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 130–149 · for registered students
- Tourism for Development: 20 Reasons Sustainable Tourism Counts for Development (World Bank Group, 2017) · Reading · Other, report · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
