Sustainability and Responsible Tourism Concept & Application

Sustainability and
Responsible Tourism Concept
& Application

Contents
PART 1 (ESSAY)............................................................................................................................1
Sustainable Tourism....................................................................................................................1
PART 2 (MANAGEMENT REPORT)...........................................................................................3
Principles & Process of Tourism Development and Planning.....................................................3
PART 3 (Individual Report)............................................................................................................6
Great Barrier Reef: Economic, Social and Cultural Impact........................................................6
PART 4 (MANAGEMENT REPORT)...........................................................................................9
Evaluation of Sustainable Tourism Management & Development.............................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................13

PART 1 (ESSAY)
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable tourism can be defined as a concept which involves meeting the needs of
tourists, tourism industry and all the communities which act as hosts without having to
compromise on the future generation’s ability and capacity to meet their needs. Sustainable
tourism, as a form of tourism, has the objective of minimising the negative impact of any form of
tourism activity on various social, economic and environmental dimensions or aspects. It aims to
increase the awareness in the tourists as well as all the major stakeholders which are involved in
the process related to the impacts of tourism and the need of implementing sustainability in every
form of tourism. It can be argued that the last decade has witnessed one of the biggest wave in
environmental concerns and ecological balance with more and more people becoming aware of
the issues related to degradation of the earth’s atmosphere which need immediate attention and
consideration.
Evolution of Sustainable Tourism:
Over the past few years or the later years in twentieth century, Tourism has emerged as one
of the key industries which have seen tremendous growth. Significance of tourism industry in
contributing to the revenue and development of world economy is not something which can be
ignored or overlooked. Tourism industry is one of the highest revenue generating service
industry for the economy of any country. While there are many positive impacts or tangible
benefits which are associated directly with the tourism industry such as creation of employment
opportunities, generation of revenue for the local and indigenous communities, helping in
promoting the vision of global peace and global community, improvement in the standard of life,
improvement in personal satisfaction and recreational avenues, a better understanding of
different culture and background and acknowledging the differences which can help in
empathetic behaviour, infrastructure development and much more, there exists many negatives
or bad impacts on increasing world tourism activities with respect to economic, social and
environmental concerns. These includes increasing and alarming levels of pollution, wastage and
littering at prime tourist destinations, seasonal nature of the tourism industry, losing cultural
values and heritage traditions, increasing transportation activities causing higher level of
pollution etcetera. Hence, it can be concluded that while tourism has a lot of advantages and
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