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Course Outline For Sustainable Tourism

This document outlines a course on sustainable tourism management. The 4 credit, 7 ECTS course is offered in year 4, semester 2 with no prerequisites. The course covers concepts of sustainable development and tourism, impacts of tourism, and tools for sustainable tourism development. Course objectives are for students to understand environmental, social and economic impacts, measures to address negative impacts and optimize positive impacts, and incorporate sustainability into tourism development and management. The course will be taught through lectures, group work, field trips, tutorials and individual study. Students will be assessed through quizzes, tests, field reports and a final exam.

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Course Outline For Sustainable Tourism

This document outlines a course on sustainable tourism management. The 4 credit, 7 ECTS course is offered in year 4, semester 2 with no prerequisites. The course covers concepts of sustainable development and tourism, impacts of tourism, and tools for sustainable tourism development. Course objectives are for students to understand environmental, social and economic impacts, measures to address negative impacts and optimize positive impacts, and incorporate sustainability into tourism development and management. The course will be taught through lectures, group work, field trips, tutorials and individual study. Students will be assessed through quizzes, tests, field reports and a final exam.

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Course Name: Sustainable tourism management

Course Code: TMgt 4126


Credit Hours: 4
ECTS: 7
Course Placement Year IV, Semester II
Pre-requisites None
Course Description:
The course covers the concepts of sustainable development and sustainable tourism, the historical
development of sustainable tourism, nature and scope of sustainable tourism, Sustainable tourism
in different sectors dimension of sustainable tourism, Approaches and Tools for Sustainable
Tourism Development, key actors in sustainable tourism, sustainable tourism in different
geographical areas and functional management for sustainable tourism. The level of sustainability
of different types of tourism activities will be analyzed and different case studies will be given to
students to enhance their knowledge and skill of the course.
Course objectives:
After successful completion of this course, students will be able to develop an awareness of the
environmental, socio-cultural and economic impacts of sustainable tourism. Acquire knowledge
of the possible measures to readdress the negative impacts of tourism and optimize the positive
impacts of tourism. Understanding and appreciation of sustainability in tourism and incorporate
the principles of sustainable tourism into developing and managing tourism destinations and
products.
Chapter One: Concept of sustainable tourism
1.1 Concept of sustainable tourism & sustainable development
1.2 Nature & scope of sustainable tourism
1.3 Historical background of sustainable tourism
1.4 Different ways of thinking towards sustainable tourism
1.5 Sustainable tourism in different sectors
Chapter Two: Dimensions of sustainable tourism
2.1 Environnemental dimension
2.2 Socio cultural dimension
2.3 Economic Dimensions
Chapter Three: Approaches and Tools for Sustainable Tourism Development
3.1 Approaches for Sustainable Tourism Development
3.2 Tools for Sustainable Tourism Development.
3.2.1 Area protection
3.2.2 Industry regulation
3.2.3 Visitor management techniques
3.2.4 Tourism Carrying Capacity
Chapter Four: Key Actors in Sustainable Tourism
4.1. Public Sectors
4.2. Industries
4.3. Host Community
4.4. Media
4.5. Voluntary Sectors
4.6. Tourists
Chapter five: Sustainable Tourism in Different Geographical areas/ Case Studies/
5.1 Coastal Area
5.2 Mountain Regions
5.3 Urban area
5.4 Rural area
5.5 Islands
5.6 Developing countries
Chapter Six: Sustainable tourism and functional management
6.1 Marketing management
6.2 Human resource management
6.3 Operation management
6.4 Financial management
Teaching and Learning Methods: Class room contact/lecture, Group work, field trip, tutorial
(assignment solving and further explanation), and individual learning (home study)

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Modes of assessment
 Quiz 10%
 Test 15 %
 Field report 25
 Final Exam 50%
Course Policy: In this course, students are expected to attend at least 85% of the lecture, fulfill all
the assessments, abide to the instructions of the course instructor, attentively comply with the class
room rules and norms (reach on time, bring the necessary learning materials, appropriate dressing,
discipline, etc) and active participation in the class room discussion and group work. Failure to
take any assessment and examination will not be reconsidered unless the student supplements the
application together with written evidence from any legal body. Student academic dishonesty is
punishable based on the university’s legislation.
Reference:
 Bossel, H. (1999). Indicators for Sustainable Development: Theory, Method, Applications.
International Institute for Sustainable Development
 Brown, K., Turner, R., Hameed, H. and Bateman, I. (1997). Environmental carrying capacity and
tourism development in the Maldives and Nepal. Environmental Conservation.
 Carey, S., Gountas, Y. and Gilbert, D. (1997). Tour operators and destination sustainability.
Tourism Management
 Cotterill, D. (1996). Developing a sustainable ecotourism business. In Taking the Next Steps
 Font, X. and Buckley, R. (eds) (2001). Tourism Ecolabelling: Certification and Promotion of
Sustainable Management. CABI Publishing.
 Fuller, D. (1999). Sustainable Marketing: Managerial-Ecological Issues. Sage.
 Griffin, T. and DeLacey, T. (2002). Green Globe: sustainability accreditation for tourism.
 In Sustainable Tourism: A Global Perspective (R. Harris, T. Griffin and P. Williams, eds).
 Hall, C. (1998). Historical antecedents on sustainable development: new labels on old bottles?
 In Sustainable Tourism: A Geographical Perspective (C.M. Hall and A.A. Lew, eds), Longman.
 Swarbrooke, J. (1995). The Development and Management of Visitor Attractions. Butterworth-
Heinemann.
 Swarbrooke, J. (1999). Sustainable Tourism Management. CABI Publishing

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