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Sustainable Tourism

Dr. Iva Bulatovic

Our Agenda for Today

AGENDA

  • Sustainable tourism - definition and concept
  • Sustainable tourism VS Mass Tourism - Overtourism
  • Sustainable Tourism - issues, tools

Learning objectives

Learning Objectives

After this lecture students will be able to understand:

  • the concept of sustainable tourism
  • the difference between Mass and Sustainable Tourism
  • the concept of overtourism
  • the basic tools and strategies in order to ensure sustainable development of tourism

Introduction

INTRO

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Maya Beach is Closed!

Before closing

5,000

Visitors per day

Definition

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM?

"Tourism that takes full account of its current and future economic, social and environmental impacts, addressing the needs of visitors, the industry, the environment and host communities" UNWTO

Economic

Social

Sustainable

Tourism

Pillars

Environmental

x VS y

Response to Mass Tourism

Sustainable Tourism

  • Singles, families, friends
  • Dynamic packaging
  • Experiences
  • Carefully prepared
  • Memories - knowledge
  • Quality

Mass Tourism

  • Large groups
  • Fixed Programs
  • Sights
  • Little or no background research
  • Souvenirs
  • Quantity

from 25 mil to 1.4 bn

up to 1.8bn

Let's play with statistics

1800 L per day

1 kg solid waste per day

15 g food waste per day

10 mil plastic bottles

8%

40%

Sustainable tourism

DUBAI

We want to be pioneers. We want Dubai to become a global center for excellence and creativity. We want it to become the world's premier city for trade, finance, investment and TOURISM in the 21st century. We can provide the necessary infrastructure, services and environment and are confident that we can make this happen."

20 mililion tourists per year by 2020

Dubai

Overtourism

Overtourism

WHAT'S NEXT

KNOW-HOW

Low cost travel

Luxury tourism

Sport tourism

Adventure tourism

MICE tourism

Wellness & Spa tourism

Ecotourism

Slow tourism

Medical tourism

Film tourism

Dark tourism…

INTERVENE

Method of

intervention

REGULATION

HARD

COERCION

SOFT ENCOURAGE

No interventions INTERFERENCE

Innovation

CHANGE

Education - Trainings

Standards

Technology

Investments

Implications for Destination Managers

CONCLUSION

  • Build a comprehensive fact base and update it regularly
  • Establish a sustainable growth strategy through rigorous, long-term planning
  • Involve all sections of society—commercial, public, and social
  • Find new sources of funding
  • Smooth visitors over time
  • Spread visitors across sites
  • Adjust pricing to balance supply and demand
  • Regulate accommodations supply
  • Limit access and activities

CHECKLIST

CHECKLIST

the concept of sustainable tourism

the difference between Mass and

Sustainable Tourism, the concept of overtourism

the basic tools and strategies in order to

ensure sustainable development of tourism

Sources

SOURCES

  • Page, S. J. (2014). Tourism management. Routledge.
  • Inkson, C., & Minnaert, L. (2018). Tourism management: an introduction. Sage.
  • UNWTO
  • WTTC
  • BBC
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