Tourism is often used as an economic development tool in developed and developing countries alike. However, recent protests against tourism in have highlighted wide-spread community concerns about how tourism is managed. This includes places seen as leaders in sustainable tourism, such as Aotearoa New Zealand, where the overall benefits of tourism to society, the environment, and the economy have been questioned and calls for stronger application of sustainability principles in tourism are becoming louder. Against this backdrop, the course critically examines tourism and destination management through the lens of sustainability and the tourism stakeholder framework. By embedding tourism within its broader environmental, cultural, social, and economic ‘ecosystem’, both sustainable and regenerative approaches to tourism will be examined, supported by case studies from across the globe.
The course will be enhanced through problem-based experiential learning, using award-winning VR-based learning tools that were custom-developed for sustainability education by Victoria University of Wellington.
- Teacher: Mondher Sahli
- Teacher: Christian Schott