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Sustainable Tourism Management
Course Objectives:
This course will enable the students to –
- It Covers both issues and methods in planning for tourism development from the perspective of sustainable development
Course Outcomes:
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MTM 323
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Sustainable Tourism Management |
CO 126 Evaluate various principles and Theories of Sustainable Development CO 127 Analyze the concept of alternative tourism. CO 128 Analyze the approaches of sustainable tourism and their critical aspects from destination point of view. CO 129 Appraise the knowledge using tools and techniques of sustainability in term of destination. CO 130 Contrast the various challenges of sustainable tourism development affecting economic, social and cultural environment. CO 131 Evaluate the Various campaign and promotion tools to conserve the destination environment. |
Approach in teaching: Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip
Learning activities for the students: Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks Field practical
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Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects |
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Concepts, Principles and Theories of Sustainable Development (SD). Sustainability as a development and management approach
Earth summit -1 and II
Perspectives on Mass and Alternative Tourism. Community tourism- Rural tourism and Village tourism. Urban tourism; Eco-tourism; Nature tourism; Volunteer tourism.
Cultural tourism and its forms. Conflicts and synergies between promotion and conservation of destinations.
Challenges of Sustainable Tourism Development. Economic, socio-cultural and physical impacts, social and economic Sustainability of tourist regions.
Major indicators, tools and techniques for sustainable development.
Sustainable tourism Enterprise. Investment opportunities, Role of the government and private sectors in sustainable tourism development.
Codes of conduct for tourism (UNWTO); Human rights Issues in tourism and the role of NGO’s, Successful case studies of Eco-tourism. ( Kerala, Sikkim & Bhutan)
• Sustainable Tourism - A Marketing Perspective, Victor T.C.
• Middleton and Rebecca Hawkins. Sustainable Tourism, Salah Wahab and John J. Pigram, Sustainable Development - Economic and Policy, P.K. Rao Tourism Planning: An Integrated and Sustainable
• Development Approach, Edword Inskeep. Tourism and Sustainability - New Tourism in Third World-Martin Mowforth, Lan Munt.
• Eco-Tourism a Sustainable Option, Erlet Cater and Crwen Lowman.
