TRM 103-1 (AS)
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding on the concepts of sustainability that affect the tourism industry emphasizing on their implications for management and planning purposes. It focuses on the socio-cultural, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainable tourism; the positive and negative impacts of tourism development; and policies and principles conducive to sustainable tourism, planning and community participation. In addition, this course encompasses concepts of sustainable tourism, namely, motives and behaviours of tourists, natural resources as attractions and destinations, social and resource responsibility, role of codes of conduct, eco-labelling, and tools for monitoring and measuring sustainable tourism.