Covers both issues and methods in planning for tourism development from the perspective of sustainable development
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
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.
Links:
[1] https://tourism.iisuniv.ac.in/courses/subjects/sustainable-tourism-3
[2] https://tourism.iisuniv.ac.in/academic-year/2016-2017