Sustainable Tourism _ Handout 1

“the management of all resources in such a way that economic, social, and aesthetic needs can be fulfilled while maintaining cultural integrity, essential ecological processes, biological diversity, and life support systems.”

• Tourism

• Sustainable Tourism

• Tourism Practices

• Economic Tourism

Which of the following is NOT a Nature of Sustainable Tourism

• Stakeholders are adept in their function/role.

• Impacts are continuously monitored, and preventive or corrective actions are utilized when necessary.

• Tourism should provide meaningful experience and high levels of satisfaction to tourists.

• It should sustain itself, it must be able to continue for an indefinite time

to sustain itself, it must be able to continue for an indefinite time

• Tourism

• Accommodation

• Society

• Environment

Which are the three (3) dimensions/core of sustainable development

• Economy

• Society

• Community

• Environment

Boosting local, regional, and national economies.

• Community

• Economy

• Environment

• Society

Enhancing social welfare and poverty alleviation.

• Economy

• Society

• Community

• Environment

Preserving natural and man-made environments.

• Environment

• Society

• Community

• Economy

the ability of something to continue for an indefinite period of time.

• Durability
• Fragility
• Sustainability
• Instability

Tourism is dependent on various resources, such as man-made and natural environments, in order to provide the attraction to tourists. Sustainability of these resources is of high importance to maintain tourism and environments (natural and man-made) as the tourism activities are dependent on it.

Tourism provides economic opportunities and chances for local people, even in the remotest areas, to be involved in the global economy. The goal of tourism in the economic context is to grow local, regional, and national economies through profits made by providing tourism products and services.