MODULE 1: ●​ mutual WHAT ARE THE

SUSTAINABLE TOURISM understanding and SUSTAINABLE

●​ meets the needs of respect between DEVELOPMENT
present tourists peoples and GOALS?
and host regions societies. ●​ also known as the
while protecting ●​ vehicle for Global Goals; are a
and enhancing individual and universal call to
opportunity for the collective fulfilment. action to end
future - United ●​ factor of poverty, protect the
Nations World sustainable planet and assure
Tourism development. that all people
Organization ●​ user of the cultural enjoy peace and
(2005) heritage of prosperity.
●​ it is a tool and mankind and
development, not a contributor WHY SUSTAINABLE
form of tourism. ●​ beneficial activity TOURISM IS IMPORTANT
●​ everyone must for host countries TO YOU?
benefit from a and communities. ●​ it is important
destination or ●​ obligations of because travel
tourism product. stakeholders in shouldn't be
●​ the goal is to make tourism harmful. We should
tourism development. travel in a way that
sustainable. ●​ right to tourism can benefit the
●​ liberty of tourist people and
There are actually three movements. communities
"pillars" to consider ●​ rights of the wherein, and that
●​ environmental workers and mitigates negative
●​ economic entrepreneurs impacts of travel on
●​ socio-cultural. ●​ implementation of the environment.
the principles.
RESPONSIBLE 17 SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM WHAT THE WORLD DEVELOPMENT GOALS
●​ it depends on WOULD BENEFIT FROM
individual actors. SUSTAINABLE ●​ no poverty
●​ refers to the way in TOURISM? ●​ zero hunger
which visitors, ●​ there will be more ●​ good health and
residents, and exchange between well-being
small businesses cultures and less ●​ quality education
interact with a racism. people that ●​ gender equality
destination. talk to each other, ●​ clean water and
realize that we are sanitation
GLOBAL CODES OF all the same. ●​ affordable and
ETHICS FOR TOURISM clean energy
 ●​ decent work and ●​ Economic communities in
economic growth viability planning and
●​ industry innovation -​ to ensure the decision making
and infrastructure viability and about the
●​ reduced competitiveness of management and
inequalities tourism future
●​ sustainable cities destinations and development.
and communities enterprises. ●​ Community
●​ responsible ●​ Local prosperity wellbeing
consumption and -​ maximize the -​ to maintain and
product contribution of strengthen the
●​ climate action tourism, including quality of life
●​ life below water of visitor spending including social
●​ life on land that is retained structures and
●​ peace. justice, and locally, and to access to
strong institutions reduce the resources,
●​ partnerships for the leakages. amenities and life
goals​ ●​ Employee quality support systems,
-​ to strengthen the avoiding any form
PRINCIPLES OF number and quality of social
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM of local jobs degradation.
●​ enhances the created and ●​ Cultural richness
well-being of supported by -​ to respect and
communities tourism. enhance the
●​ supports the ●​ Social equity historic heritage,
protection and -​ to seek authentic culture,
enhancement of widespread traditions and
the natural and distribution of distinctiveness of
cultural resources economic and host communities.
of the destination. social benefits from ●​ Physical integrity
●​ recognizes the tourism throughout -​ to maintain and
importances of the recipient enhance the quality
product quality and community. of landscapes, both
tourists ●​ Visitor fulfillment urban and rural and
satisfaction. -​ to provide a safe, avoid the physical
●​ adopt adequate satisfying and & visual
management and fulfilling degradation of the
monitoring experiences for environment.
measures​ visitors without ●​ Biological
discrimination by diversity
12 AIMS FOR gender, race, etc. -​ to support the
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM​ ●​ Local control conservation of
-​ to engage and natural areas,
empower local habitats and
 wildlife, and Dictionaries define impacts qualitative, direct or
minimize damage. as: indirect
●​ Resource's ●​ influence
efficiency ●​ effect Actual or objective
-​ to minimize the use ●​ Outcome impacts
of scarce and ●​ result - are backed up by hard
non-renewable ●​ consequences data. Increased
resources in the ●​ aftermath population, number of
development and ●​ upshot jobs, amount of
operation of ●​ product investment, and amount of
tourism facilities tourist receipts
and services. Dimensions of Tourism Perceived or subjective
●​ Environmental Impacts impacts
purity - Tourism impacts may be - refer to opinions of
-​ to minimize the categorized in terms of somebody concerning the
pollution of air their scope, the direction of effects of tourism. How
water and land and change and type of impact, people perceive tourism
the generation of and the scale, distribution, impacts will be influenced
waste by tourism and duration of the effects. by their social status, world
enterprises and view, educational
visitors The scope of tourism attainment, culture,
​ impact may be economic, whether they work directly
environmental, social, or indirectly in tourism, and
MODULE 2:​ cultural, or political. some other variables.
Quantitative impacts
Definition of Tourism The impacts are also - are impacts which can be
Impacts multi-dimensional. measured and expressed
Hall and Lew (2009, 54) -​ Multi-dimensional in numerical form.
defined impact as "a is having or relating Qualitative impacts
change in given state over to multiple - are impacts that can only
time as the result of an dimensions or be observed and
external stimulus." aspects. described.
- For our purposes, Direct tourism impact
external stimulus In terms of the direction - is one that is immediate
referred to as of change, Tourism has and flows from tourism to
tourism. the opportunity to enhance the receiver of impact
Tourism impact may be or worsen a place. Tourism (e.g., residents) without
defined as an effect has a positive effect in intervening persons,
brought about directly or terms of job growth. agencies, or industries.
indirectly by tourism Indirect impact
policies, tourism-related The type of impact may - flows from tourism to
establishments and be categorized in actual receiver of the impact
infrastructure, and tourists' (objective) or perceived through intervening
behavior. (subjective), quantitative or
persons, agencies, or Point source
industries. - is a specific Negative Economic
tourism-related facility Impacts of Tourism
Tourism impacts may project or object. This ●​ inflation and land
also be seen in terms of could be an airport, hotel, values
its temporal dimension. attraction, or event. Point ●​ high leakages
sources of impact are ●​ seasonality
a) Cumulative impact site-specific, tangible, and ●​ overdependence
- one that is caused by have clear finite lifespans. on tourism and
tourism development over Non-point source hospitality
time. - is mobile, intangible, and ●​ poor quality of jobs
b) Immediate impact has an indefinite lifespan. ●​ opportunity cost
- is an impact that is ​
caused by a single event, The Impacts of Tourism 2. Social Impacts of
and could happen within a - The rapid growth of Tourism
short-period of time. tourism and hospitality in - changes in the equality
c) Long-term impacts the twentieth century has life of residents of tourist
- are those that will be produced both problems destinations, also called
borne or experienced by and benefits for destination Social Tourism.
the affected sectors or countries Positive Social Impacts
stakeholders for years or of Tourism
even generations to come. Tourism impacts can be ●​ Social change and
guides, and categorized into three: multicultural
intermarriages. economic, socio-cultural understanding
and environmental. It ●​ Adaptation to the
The tourism-induced can be positive realities of modern
impacts may be (beneficial) or negative life and
reversible or irreversible. (detrimental). improvement of the
host country's
Reversible impact 1. Economic Impacts of lifestyle
- is one which can be Tourism ●​ Use of foreign
corrected immediately or - tourism contributes to language
over a short period of time. the economy along three ●​ Improved health
Irreversible impact pathways. conditions and
- is one that requires a ●​ Direct effects disease control
long period of time to ●​ Indirect effects Negative Social Impacts
recover. ●​ Dynamic effects of Tourism
Positive Economic ●​ Social saturation
Tourism impact may Impacts of Tourism ●​ Community Stress
come from a (1) point ●​ income ●​ Changes in the
source of 2) non-point ●​ employment social structure,
source. ●​ balance of payment behavior and roles
●​ investment and ●​ Dependence
development ●​ Social divisions
 ●​ Displacement turn, tourism affects quality the means or technique,
●​ Community of the environment changing the site, or
problems Positive Environmental specifying operating
Impact of Tourism practices)
C. Impact of Tourism on ●​ Conservation 2. Compensatory
Culture ●​ Development of measures
- Culture defined by the attractions (to offset the adverse
United Nations ●​ Environmental impacts in one area with
Educational, Scientific, and quality and improvements in another
Cultural Organization infrastructure area).
(UNESCO) as a "set of improvement 3.Remediation measures
distinctive spiritual, ●​ Species (to repair or restore the
material, intellectual and regeneration environment after damage
emotional features of Negative Environmental is done).
society or a social group, Impact of Tourism
that encompasses, not ●​ Land degradation
only art and literature but ●​ Wastes
lifestyle, ways of living ●​ Pollution
Renaissance of native ●​ Environmental
culture together, value conflicts
systems, traditions and ●​ Geological conflicts
beliefs.”
Positive Impact of Tourism Impact
Tourism on Culture Mitigation
●​ Intercultural The tourism industry
communication contributes to carbon
●​ Renaissance of emissions, water and air
native culture pollution and generates
Negative Impact of solid and water waste.
Tourism on Culture
●​ Stunted cultural The USAID (2008) defined
development mitigation as "the
●​ Commodification of implementation of
culture measures designed to
●​ Moral decadence reduce the undesirable
effects of a proposed
D. Environmental Impact action on the
of Tourism environment". They
- The environment is one categorized mitigation into
of the three dimensions of three:
tourism. As a tourism 1. Prevention and control
resource, the environment measures
affects the quality of (to fully or partially prevent
tourism experiences. In impact or risk by changing