Essays on Sustainable Tourism

Defining the Coastal Environments in Tourism Industry

Tourism is one of rapidly developing industries in the global scales. Additional emphasis in this case should be put on the marine and coastal tourism - as two of the most popular options for spending the time and relaxation (Hewawasam, 2002, p. 2). At the same time, even while, taking into account general awareness among the scholars., pertaining to importance of tourism both in environmental and economic contexts, insignificant attention is paid by them to these two contexts of tourism (Sunlu, 2003, p. 263-270) The core need for additional attention to this sector is caused by insignificant understanding of ...

Introduction

A report following a global study of 44,000 people in the tourism sector by TripBarometer Connected Traveller report states that China is among the few top ten nations with connected travellers and categorises 49% of the Asians as connected travellers as most of them use a PC or mobile for booking trips . TravelBurma App targets the Chinese travellers, local business travellers, and other foreign travellers in the age group of 21-50 years. As Myanmar is a business district unit, people often prefer travelling there than any other part of China. During the year 2015, more than 4.68 million ...

Event Legacy -Contemporary Issues in Event Management

Introduction The event industry has undergone a tremendous transformation where it has shifted from its traditional nature to being embraced by both professionals and entrepreneurs. The increase in mega international events, such as the FIFA world cup and the Olympics, has attracted different stakeholders, including event managers and other parties, to make such occasions a success. The growth of the industry has also been accompanied by an increase in the size and range of the audience. As a result, event managers are often faced with serious challenges, such as the need to leave a legacy and positively impact the ...

Executive Summary

The hotel industry is an important sector in any economy. An increase in the number of tourists often leads to growth in revenue. However, this increase often adds the amount of solid waste, a factor which is likely to affect the hotel industry negatively due to environmental pollution. Ineffective waste management practices have forced hotels to incur substantial expenses. Traditional practices of waste management have led to the dumping of waste materials on roadsides, landfills and in oceans leading to environmental pollution, health hazards, and acidification of soil. Hotels need to come up with effective waste management practices which ...

Abstract

Tourism has raised major concerns with regards to environmental pollution due to its rapid growth and development. Sustainable tourism has therefore, become the best way to ensure the coexistence between tourism and its environment. In this paper I discuss the initiatives that are being undertaken to reduce impact of tourism to the environment. I conclude with emphasis on the need for such initiatives to be promoted.

Introduction

Tourism has over the time been ranked as the most profitable economic activity in the world. It is a very large industry that attracts many forms of investments that in turn leads to ...

Quality management and information technology provide intuitions as to the significance of embracing sustainability in the hospitality and tourism industry. Sustainability's unpredictable and general issues incorporate water, waste, energy, biodiversity and financial shared value; require an exceptional level of joint effort, associations and partner engagement from the interested sides and the production network and government. Sustainability requires that organizations figure a dream and execute a procedure at the same time. The hospitality industry faces challenges such as disaster readiness, demographic changes and patterns, changes in technology and emerging issues and trends (Butler, 1999). Hospitality is resourcefully substantial with an ...

Abstract

The essay is constructed and written down in four different parts that are an introduction, analysis of impacts, integration of sustainability principles, and conclusion. The introduction provided the overview of adventure tourism and its types. The second part further described the adventure tourism in the Polar Regions and its impacts. The factors that affected the economy and affected the local community were identified and analyzed. The threats and concerns related to the safety of wildlife and environment were also mentioned. The third part provided the short description of sustainable tourism and sustainable development. The principles of sustainability were also ...

Visitors’ Perception on Westminster London as a Sustainable, Responsible, and Environmental Friendly Destination

Referencesp.41 List of Figures Figure 1. Findings from the questionnaires Figure 2. Finding for three sections of sustainability, responsibility and environmental friendliness Figure 1.1. Sustainability Figure 1.2. Responsibility Figure 1.3. Environmental friendliness Abstract Sustainable tourism is one of the rising trends in the tourism industry. More and more stakeholder groups are starting to realize the importance of their assets. One of the best ways to preserve tourist destinations (i.e. the assets) is to promote sustainable, responsible, and environmental friendly tourism management. Unfortunately, engaging in those kinds of practices and operations can be costly. Most tourism industry firms are still ...

Sustainable Tourism

Introduction Sustainable tourism is a concept that was developed to scale the image of tourism a notch higher. Tourism revolves around many activities that are environmental, social, economic and culturally oriented and tourism poses both positive and negative impacts on the dimensions above. It is with these effects in mind that the concept of sustainable tourism emerged. The idea was to see tourism have minimal negative impacts on the said aspects and maximize the positive effects it causes to the given destination. The aim was to ensure that tourism contributes positive developments and experiences in the regions where tourism ...

Executive Summary

The proposed environmental communication plan addresses current and future environmental initiatives in Whistler, BC. It is suggested that a range of communication tools can effectively inform Whistler destination stakeholders about current and upcoming efforts to promote growth and innovation for the environment. The visitors are local and non-local, and the tools address the needs of all as well as convey a positive image of Whistler to prospective visitors. The communication plan comprises the following tools and their implementation and dissemination: website for green visitors, video on past and future vision for sustainability, Facebook profile and group for participation by ...

How do you feel about continued use of tourism as a development tool, considering the impact of travel to increasingly remote destinations, as well as the impacts on local, often fragile, environments and cultures? I feel that it really is a good thing, as long as it is properly and thoroughly managed. It is just like anything with tourism, something like this needs proper planning and all impacts must be taken into consideration if it is to be successful. If they are not, then they run the risk of damaging the environment and the industry as a whole. This ...

There is a major environmental degradation to the Chinese natural tourism spots. The discussion examines a few natural features, and how they have undergone degradation due to the poor government’s conservation efforts. Environment and the environmental conservation are very big issues in China today.The prospect and value of environment is slowly degrading in China, and this is expected to escalate even further since people do not see the importance of environmental conservation (Pan Par.7). In other country, there are always some rules to help environment protection and people know they need to keep the environment clean ( National Park ...

Environmental Management System (EMS) is a constantly evolving concept, aiming to regulate human activities in order to prevent the nature from degradation. Each EMS has generic components like policy, planning, procedures and controls, training and education, communication, assessment and improvement (Williams, P.W. and Todd, S.E., 1997). According to Todd S.E. (1996) evolution of sustainable tourism “from concept to practice” can be divided into three stages: stage one includes the development of principles on environmental management, stage two concerns sustainable practice like greening programs in tourism industry, stage three is environmental auditing. The highest point of sustainable tourism evolution should ...

Introduction

The subject of the ongoing inquiry is a landlocked sovereign country that is commonly named as the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The peculiarity and the important feature of our investigation is especially based on the Nepali business culture. It is often said that the life within this area is fairly distinct to the way the industrialized West lives. Our task of the first priority for this case stands for a thorough study in the field of building Nepal’s private sector capacity, being a key to a sustainable tourism operations’ door. Hence, let us proceed to the main ...

Question 1

Competitive Advantage The General Manager of the Hotel Van Orange, Noordwijk, The Netherlands explains that the hotel is located in one the most environmentally conscious communities in the Netherlands. The hotel boasts of modern large meeting space and a wellness center. The hotel’s reason to pursue the Green Globe certification was informed by the realization that the certification goes beyond sustainability certification; it involves people, and the hotel values people. The most important strategy relating to people the hotel wishes to maintain is cultivating mutual relationships with the employees and the clients. The hotel has a social responsibility ...

Nursing:

Introduction In the recent decades, tourism has emerged as the most far-reaching and the world’s largest industry with an astounding socio-cultural, economic, and policy effects on all of us. According to World Tourism Organization (WTO), tourism as an industry supports at least 215million jobs worldwide and makes up about 6% of the Global Gross National Profit (LePree, 2009). In this context, not only is tourism the world’s largest industry, but it is also the fastest growing industry globally (The International Ecotourism Society [TIES], 2014). Because of this, there has been an ever-growing and evolving awareness of the ...

Walt Disney Company has been a pillar of excellence within the international business community for being innovative in every aspect of their business. Aside from their wonderful and precious films, Walt Disney has operated with the notion of making a difference in the world and using their branding to help implement change. For example, Walt Disney could have just kept their business to the industry of film making; however, Walt Disney decided to opt for something more that is giving joy to children and families all over the world. What has made their business model so special is that ...

1. Introduction This outline discusses major environmental degradation to the Chinese natural tourism spots. The discussion examines a few natural features, and how they have undergone degradation due to poor government’s conservation efforts. 2. Neutral:

Environment and environmental conservation are very big issues in China today.

3. Counter: The prospect and value of environment is slowly degrading in China, and this is expected to escalate even further since people do not see the importance of environmental conservation (Pan Par.7).

Negative Impacts

First impact The main cause of environmental degradation is as a result of bad tourism practices (United Nations Environment Programme par. 1), which see most people visit these beautiful sceneries, ...

Article 1: Knowledge and Culture in Tourism Organization Management by Ēriks Lingebērziņš

There is considerable information loss between incoming tour operators and their customers who come from emerging, non-Western markets, yet the extent of this loss resists measurement. It is important to integrate cultural competencies into the management processes and practices of international tourism organizations in order to minimize information loss and contribute to the experience of a diverse range of customers. Cultural competency means more than just hiring staff from various countries or who speak more than one language; it includes values, beliefs, and attitudes. International tourism organizations must constantly be in a learning mode in order to understand the ...

Tourism is the source of multiple economic benefits to any locality or country that attracts a steady flow of travelers. Foreign visitors can become a valuable source of foreign currency. So, a developing country should use its chance and reach its peak by boosting its revenues and getting its place in the competitive industry. Jamaica is focused on developing sustainable tourism and is ready to cope with difficulties on its way in order to get the tourism benefits and not harm its unique nature. But tourism has not only positive but also negative factors that can endanger the economy ...