| CODE | TRM3001 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Tourism Sustainability in Urban and Rural Areas | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Tourism Management | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The need for sustainability is being felt more widely across the globe. This is reflected by an increasing number of policy documents and strategies that are issued by the EU as well as the UN and other international institutions. This is driven in part by the increasingly urgent need to move towards zero carbon emissions as extreme weather conditions are becoming more common. Sustainability is a broad concept that can be applied to many different types of human activity. Travel and accommodation are tourism components that result in significant carbon emissions thus raising issues of sustainability. Most tourism activity takes place in city destinations and therefore there needs to be a more careful debate on how tourism activities in cities can be made more sustainable. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to consider sustainability issues that are the most relevant to tourists and residents to adopt travel practices that are more environmentally friendly. Walkability and the quality of urban spaces are closely linked to sustainable urban tourism. Another dimension of sustainability is the conservation and viable reuse of urban heritage. Some forms of tourism are considered to be more sustainable, particularly those that take place in rural areas. These will also be featured in the study-unit. The study-unit will consider the Sustainable Development Goals particularly those that are more directly relevant to tourism. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Describe concepts that are relevant to different aspects of sustainability. - Explain how tourism sector impacts sustainability, including in relation to carbon emissions. - Analyse approaches that can be adopted to make tourism in cities and in rural areas more sustainable. - Describe those forms of tourism that are considered to be more sustainable. - Explain the relevance of the Sustainable Development Goals to tourism. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Apply principles of sustainability to the practice of tourism, in cities as well as in rural areas. - Communicate the importance of walkability in cities and of public transport for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions. - Critically assess and evaluate existing research results in the field. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Hall, C. M., Gössling, S., & Scott, D. (Eds.). (2015). The Routledge handbook of tourism and sustainability (Vol. 922). Abingdon: Routledge. - Weaver D. (2006) Sustainable Tourism, Butterworth-Heinemann. Supplementary Readings: - Macleod, D. V. & Gillespie, S. A. (Eds.). (2011). Sustainable tourism in rural Europe. Oxford: Routledge. - Remoaldo, P., Alves, J., & Ribeiro, V. (Eds.) (2022) Creative Tourism and Sustainable Territories: Insights from Southern Europe. Emerald Publishing Limited. - OECD (2022) OECD Tourism Trends and Policies 2022. https://doi.org/10.1787/a8dd3019-en - Chapter 3: Promoting a green tourism recovery. - World Health Organization (2022) Walking and cycling: latest evidence to support policy-making and practice. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe. Other readings may be provided by course tutors prior during the programme. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Completion of first year undergraduate. | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Online Learning | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | John Ebejer |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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