Policy and Planning for Sustainable Tourism

Course aim

To encourage critical reflection on the complexity of tourism and its impact on host societies, and to enable students to learn and apply the knowledge of diverse policy and planning approaches that foster sustainable tourism.

Course content

Critical understandings of terms: policy, planning, sustainable development and sustainable tourism; the impact of tourism on tourism destination and ‘overtourism’; the evolution and rationale for tourism policy and planning; systems approach to tourism; integrated planning and strategic tourism planning; layers of tourism policy and planning governance from the global to the local; ethics and notions of the public good; effective planning of destinations; sustainable site design through an ecological approach; the problematics of implementation of sustainability.

Textbook(s)

Hall, CM 2008, Tourism Planning: Policies, Processes and Relationships, 2nd edn, Pearson Education, England

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
TOUR 1001	Understanding Travel and Tourism

Plus successful completion of 49.5 units.

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Lecture	2 hours x 10 weeks
Lecture (Virtual)	2 hours x 10 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 10 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
External	3 hours x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, OFFSHORE, HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
Workshop	3 hours x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Project

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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