SAL-31806 Leisure, Tourism and Environment: Sustainable Development

Course

Credits 6.00

Teaching methodContact hours
Lectures40
Project learning25
Course coordinator(s)prof. dr. VR van der Duim
Lecturer(s)prof. dr. VR van der Duim
Examiner(s)prof. dr. VR van der Duim

Language of instruction:

English

Assumed knowledge on:

- Introduction Leisure, Tourism and Environment (SAL-10806)
- Leisure, Tourism and Environment: Concepts and Approaches (SAL-30306).

Contents:

Since Rio '92 leisure and tourism are trying to meet the parameters of sustainable development. Sustainable development of leisure and tourism requires innovation on a conceptual, process and product level. This course analyses the role of governmental, business and 'third sector' organisations in this innovation process towards sustainable development. Their aims and instruments will be discussed and tested in case studies. The course focuses on practices and instruments of actors at various levels of scale (international, national as well as regional and local) and examines the relation between tourism development, conservation and climate change from a variety of the theoretical perspectives.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of the course:
- students are able to analyse and describe the relation between leisure, tourism and sustainable development and to present the central issues at stake;
- students are able to recount and evaluate the relation between globalisation, tourism and sustainable development;
- students are able to recount and critically evaluate the concepts of 'new tourism' and 'power jigsaw';
- students are able to analyse, compare and evaluate the aims and practices of and instruments used by governmental, business and third sector organisations;
- students are able to describe and compare methods and techniques used to reconcile various interests related to sustainable development of leisure and tourism;
- students are able to draw up a project proposal to substantiate the development of a creative and innovative idea for sustainable development of leisure and tourism and to defend their case -students are able to recount and critically evaluate development and conservation paradigms in a historical perpective and relate these paradigms to tourism development.

Activities:

- lectures;
- work group sessions;
- case studies.

Examination:

Written exam, assignments.

Literature:

- M. Mowforth and I. Munt, Tourism and Sustainability Development and New Tourism in the Third World, second edition, 2003;
Course outline available.

ProgrammePhaseSpecializationPeriod
Compulsory for: MTOLeisure, Tourism and EnvironmentMSc4WD