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Level 4 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Mitigating Tourism Impacts Through Sustainable Approaches

THM404 · Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality — Week 6 of 16

CourseTHM404
Week6 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Mitigating Tourism Impacts Through Sustainable Approaches

  1. Cultural heritage preservation programmes
  2. Destination waste reduction and circular strategies
  3. Regenerative tourism practices
  4. Local empowerment mechanisms
  5. What Does It Mean to Be a Regenerative Business? Laurence Lehman-Ortega, HEC Paris

What you will be able to do

  • 3.2 Show how sustainable tourism approaches help to mitigate the negative impacts of tourism.

Activity

Start with this week’s video, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: show how sustainable tourism approaches help to mitigate the negative impacts of tourism.

Study materials

Videos

  • What Does It Mean to Be a Regenerative Business? Laurence Lehman-Ortega, HEC Paris · YouTube · HEC Paris · 3 min · for registered students
  • What Is Pro-Poor Tourism And How Does It Work? | Sustainable Tourism Examples · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 11 min · for registered students
  • The importance of cultural and heritage tourism · YouTube · Dr Hayley Stainton | Tourism Teacher · 69 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 with performance indicators and SDGs (2019) · PDF · Other, framework · for registered students
  • Cultural Heritage Tourism Event Planning and Management (Gilley, Lumen/LibreTexts) · Reading · Libretexts, textbook · for registered students
  • European Capital of Smart Tourism (EU initiative and best-practice compendia) · Reading · Eu, case study · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Fundamentals of Sustainability and Sustainable Development
  • Week 2: Sustainability in the Business Environment
  • Week 3: Destination Impacts of Tourism and Hospitality
  • Week 4: Managing Destination Impacts
  • Week 5: Principles of Sustainable Tourism
  • Week 6: Mitigating Tourism Impacts Through Sustainable Approaches
  • Week 7: Policy Frameworks Supporting Sustainable Tourism
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Operational Sustainability Initiatives in Hospitality and T…
  • Week 10: Best Practice in Sustainable Hospitality and Tourism
  • Week 11: Business Impacts of Sustainability Initiatives
  • Week 12: Applying Sustainability in Tourism and Hospitality in pract…
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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