Recap Y: crisis, risk, disaster, type, tourism and terrorism, risk and risk perception X: events, tourism industry, people Z: long-term impact on image… Management issues 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 1 LECTUER 8 sustainable tourism TOUIRSM: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE Outline Learning Objectives Historical background Definition of sustainability in general Definition of sustainable tourism Sustainability in tourism Sustainability as a strategy Climate change and tourism Summary Discussion Further Readings Q&A 2017/10/17 3 ******@LKSTH Learning Objectives To understand a group of cores concepts To learn plexity of sustainability in tourism To appreciate the relationship between tourism and climate change 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 4 Historical Background [1] Core concepts 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 5 mon, least understood, highly debatable concepts Sustainability Sustainable development Sustainable tourism Historical Background [2] Movement towards sustainable development 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 6 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 7 The Middle Ages: Roots in agriculture--‘sustainable yield’ Late 19th cent.: First formal signs of concern about the Earth--protection societies, national parks 1960s: Mass concern for the --realizing fragility due to first image of Earth from space 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 8 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 9 1970s: -The Club of Rome —-Limits to Growth Report; -First UN conference on the human environment 1980: The World Conservation Strategy—balancing development and conservation 1987: The Brundtland Report —perception and efforts 2017/10/17 ******@LKSTH 10 1992: The Earth Summit-- Agenda 21 (action strategy) 1997: The Kyoto Protocol—reduce greenhouse gases emissions 2000: The Millennium Development Goals—to ensure environmental sustainability