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Level 6 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Tourism and the Sustainable Development Paradigm

THM605 · Tourism and International Development — Week 10 of 16

CourseTHM605
Week10 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Tourism and the Sustainable Development Paradigm

  1. Pro-Poor Tourism (PPT) strategies
  2. Community-based tourism (CBT)
  3. Regenerative destination models
  4. Balancing economic growth with resource stewardship
  5. What Lush Can Teach Us About Regenerative Business Models – Sarah Dubreil - HEC Paris
  6. Week 3-Lecture 21 : Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)

What you will be able to do

  • 4.2 Analyse the relationship between international tourism and sustainable development.

Activity

Start with this week’s 2 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the relationship between international tourism and sustainable development.

Study materials

Videos

  • What Lush Can Teach Us About Regenerative Business Models – Sarah Dubreil - HEC Paris · YouTube · HEC Paris · 6 min · for registered students
  • EAMTC 2019: SESSION #1 Mountain Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals: Keynote · YouTube · UN Tourism · 9 min · for registered students
  • Harnessing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Tourism as drivers of Sustainable Development · YouTube · UN Tourism · 72 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Tourism for Development: 20 Reasons Sustainable Tourism Counts for Development (World Bank Group, 2017) · Reading · Other, report · for registered students
  • GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 with performance indicators and SDGs (2019) · PDF · Other, framework · for registered students
  • OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2024, ch. 3: Building the evidence base for sustainable tourism policies · PDF · Oecd, report; pp. 71–96 · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Theories of International Development
  • Week 2: Categorisation and Status of Developing Nations
  • Week 3: The Global International Development Context
  • Week 4: Development Institutions and Governance
  • Week 5: Non-Governmental Organisations in Tourism Development
  • Week 6: Development Indicators and Measurement
  • Week 7: Evaluating Destination Development Status
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Socio-Economic and Environmental Impacts in Emerging Destin…
  • Week 10: Tourism and the Sustainable Development Paradigm
  • Week 11: Aligning Tourism with International Development Goals
  • Week 12: Applying Tourism and International Development in practice:…
  • 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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