This week’s topics
Applying Tourism Policy and International Development in practice: case studies
- Case analysis
- Linking theory to practice
- Evaluating evidence
What you will be able to do
- 1.1 Critically evaluate the different approaches that can be taken to tourism policy.
- 2.2 Critically evaluate the status of developing countries using theories of international development.
- 3.2 Analyse the key relationships that impact on sustainable international tourism development.
- 3.3 Critically evaluate how tourism can be used to meet international development goals.
Activity
Case-study workshop: apply the unit’s concepts to a real or realistic case and evaluate the outcome.
Study materials
Videos
- Experiences in creating evidence for a sustainable tourism development in Navarra, Spain · YouTube · UN Tourism · 16 min · for registered students
- Harnessing Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Tourism as drivers of Sustainable Development · YouTube · UN Tourism · 72 min · for registered students
- Sustainable Tourism on a Changing Planet 🌍 · YouTube · eCornell · 60 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
- 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
- European Capital of Smart Tourism (EU initiative and best-practice compendia) · Reading · Eu, case study · for registered students
Materials marked “for registered students” open in the student portal, which is set up as soon as you receive final acceptance.
