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Presentation
Presentation
This course will explore the historical context, development and structure of sustainably managed nature tourism and ecotourism. Core elements include a discussion on tourism impacts (economic, social and environmental), issues of sustainability, performance measurement & monitoring, 'eco-tourism' and other 'alternative forms' of tourism. Definitions, principles, concepts and issues. Business and tourism management implications for ecotourism operations; community development reliant on the sustainable use of natural resources. This course is structured according to the SDGs and how they relate to tourism. Students will engage in an international mini-course on the sustainability of culture through tourism, called Dark Creative Tourism: Global perspectives. This Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is organised in collaboration with the Appalachian State University, US under the auspices of the American Higher Education Alliance and has a duration of 4 weeks.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Bachelor | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
2 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT225-22960
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Lecture content:
- Introduction and history of sustainable tourism & SDG1
- SDG 2 and Sustainability Indicators
- SDG3 and SDG4 and relation to tourism
- SDGs 5 & 10 relation to tourism
- SDGs 6, 7 and relation to tourism
- SDGs 8, 9, 11 and relation to tourism
- SDG 12 relation to tourism
- Ecotourism and Eco-certification
- SDG 13 relation to tourism
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Objectives
Objectives
Students who successfully complete the course will be able to:
- Examine and critique principles of sustainable development and their implications for tourism
- Identify, critique and discuss the role of government and other stakeholders involved in ecotourism/sustainable nature tourism provision
- Understand the development of the ecotourism sector and its specific nature within the wider tourism industry
- Identify issues associated with sustainable tourism visitor operations and other relevant settings (eg indigenous or community development)
- Get an understanding of ecotourism as a valuable tool for sustainable tourism development and learn about ecocertification.
- Critique sustainable tourism operations and management alongside a variety of international case studies of sustainable tourism businesses or community development
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Digital pedagogy tools like Padlet and Menti, Kahoot! and Escape rooms will be used and project-bsed learning methods will be applied to evaluated activities. Student reflection and discussion will be stimulated using various techniques such as team-based learning.
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References
References
UNWTO (2020). Tourism and the SDGs ( https://www.unwto.org/tourism4sdgs)
Fennell, D. A. (2020). Ecotourism. Routledge.
Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., & Nygaard, C. A. (2023). Regenerative tourism: a conceptual framework leveraging theory and practice. Tourism Geographies, 25(4), 1026-1046.
Sharpley, R. (2023). Sustainable tourism governance: local or global?. Tourism Recreation Research, 48(5), 809-812.
Butler, R. W. (2020). Sustainable tourism: A state-of-the-art review. Tourism and Sustainable Development Goals, 11-29.
Font, X., Torres-Delgado, A., Crabolu, G., Palomo Martinez, J., Kantenbacher, J., & Miller, G. (2023). The impact of sustainable tourism indicators on destination competitiveness: The European Tourism Indicator System. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 31(7), 1608-1630.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
