- "Sustainable tourism is a concept that covers the complete tourism experience, including concern for economic, social and environmental issues as well as attention to improving tourists' experiences and addressing the needs of host communities."
Explores the impact of tourism on the Earth's surface, including environmental, social, and economic issues.
Introduction to tourism geography: Overview of the key concepts, principles, and theories related to tourism geography.
Tourism demand: Factors that influence tourist demand, including motivations, preferences, and behaviors.
Tourism supply: Identification of tourism resources and facilities, their development, and management.
Tourism impacts: Positive and negative impacts of tourism on the physical, social, economic, and cultural aspects of destinations.
Destination management: Strategies for planning, development, and management of tourist destinations, including destination marketing and sustainable tourism.
Tourism policy and planning: Overview of the policies, regulations, and planning processes that shape tourism development and its impacts.
Global tourism: An analysis of the factors that impact global tourism, including international trends and patterns, tourism organizations, and the future of tourism.
Geographical information systems (GIS): The use of GIS as a tool for tourism research, planning, and management.
Cultural tourism: An overview of cultural tourism, including its definitions, motivations, and impacts on local communities.
Ecotourism: An overview of ecotourism, including its principles, practices, and impacts on the natural environment.
- "Sustainable tourism should embrace concerns for environmental protection, social equity, and the quality of life, cultural diversity, and a dynamic, viable economy delivering jobs and prosperity for all."
- "It has its roots in sustainable development."
- "There is now broad consensus that tourism should be sustainable."
- "All forms of tourism have the potential to be sustainable if planned, developed and managed properly."
- "Tourist development organizations are promoting sustainable tourism practices in order to mitigate negative effects caused by the growing impact of tourism, for example, its environmental impacts."
- "The United Nations World Tourism Organization emphasized these practices by promoting sustainable tourism."
- "One of the programs is the International Year for Sustainable Tourism for Development in 2017."
- "There is a direct link between sustainable tourism and several of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."
- "SDG 8 ("decent work and economic growth"), SDG 12 ("responsible consumption and production") and SDG 14 ("life below water") implicate tourism in creating a sustainable economy."
- "According to the World Travel & Tourism Travel, tourism constituted '10.3 percent of the global gross domestic product.'"
- "International tourist arrivals hitting 1.5 billion marks (a growth of 3.5 percent) in 2019."
- "Generated $1.7 trillion export earnings."
- "Improvements are expected to be gained from suitable management aspects."
- "Including sustainable tourism as part of a broader sustainable development strategy."