People Innovation Excellence

ECOTOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (4 Credits)

Learning outcomes:

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to: Identify the essence of ecotourism; Describe criteria used to define ecotourism; Illustrate topics and issues important to ecotourism; Apply best practices of ecotourism.

Topics:

  1. The nature of ecotourism;
  2. The ecotourist;
  3. Nature-based ecotourism; Sustainability 1: local participation and benefits;
  4. Sustainability 2: conservation;
  5. Learning;
  6. The moral imperative;
  7. Socio-cultural and ecological impacts of ecotourism;
  8. Carrying Capacity;
  9. Managing Visitor Use;
  10. Economic impacts and marketing of ecotourism;
  11. Development, governance, and policy;
  12. Programme planning;
  13. Ecotourism and protected areas: visitor management for sustainability;
  14. The role of interpretation in achieving a sustainable future;
  15. Linking conservation and communities: community benefits and social costs;
  16. Site Visit;
  17. Site Visit;
  18. Ecotourism case studies;
  19. Marketing ecotourism: meeting and shaping expectations and demands;
  20. The Greening Market;
  21. Opportunities in Marketing Ecotourism;
  22. Climate change and ecotourism;
  23. Climate change and ecotourism;
  24. Impacts, potentials, and possibilities;
  25. Impacts, potentials, and possibilities;
  26. The nature of ecotourism;
  27. Sustainability 2: conservation;
  28. Managing Visitor Use;
  29. Linking conservation and communities: community benefits and social costs;
  30. Marketing ecotourism: meeting and shaping expectations and demands;
  31. Climate change and ecotourism.

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