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Level 7 Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management

Evaluating Tourism Impacts across Destinations

THM702 · Destination Management — Week 2 of 16

CourseTHM702
Week2 of 16
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This week’s topics

Evaluating Tourism Impacts across Destinations

  1. Economic multiplier effects and leakages
  2. Socio-cultural disruption and Doxey's Irridex
  3. Environmental degradation and biodiversity loss
  4. Climate footprints and regenerative models
  5. What Lush Can Teach Us About Regenerative Business Models – Sarah Dubreil - HEC Paris
  6. Luc Paugam on regenerative business models case study and his research on ESG performance -HEC Paris
  7. Leading for Environmental & Social Impact

What you will be able to do

  • 1.2 Analyse the impacts of tourism on destinations.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the impacts of tourism on destinations.

Study materials

Videos

  • What Lush Can Teach Us About Regenerative Business Models – Sarah Dubreil - HEC Paris · YouTube · HEC Paris · 6 min · for registered students
  • Luc Paugam on regenerative business models case study and his research on ESG performance -HEC Paris · YouTube · HEC Paris · 3 min · for registered students
  • Leading for Environmental & Social Impact · YouTube · INSEAD · 17 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Tourism: The International Business (Mill, 2010), ch. 6: Why develop tourism? · PDF · Other, textbook chapter; pp. 130–149 · for registered students
  • GSTC Destination Criteria v2.0 with performance indicators and SDGs (2019) · PDF · Other, framework · for registered students
  • Global Code of Ethics for Tourism (UN Tourism brochure) · PDF · Un, framework · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: The Strategic Rationale for Destination Management
  • Week 2: Evaluating Tourism Impacts across Destinations
  • Week 3: External Drivers and Macro-Environmental Influences
  • Week 4: Evolution of Destination Governance and Marketing
  • Week 5: Core Roles and Functions of Destination Management Organisa…
  • Week 6: Evaluating DMO Performance and Effectiveness
  • Week 7: Stakeholder Landscapes in Destination Ecosystems
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Interest Groups, Advocacy, and Power Dynamics
  • Week 10: Integrating Destination Marketing and Destination Management
  • Week 11: Comparative Analysis and Future Destination Models
  • Week 12: Applying Destination Management in practice: case studies
  • 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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