CWTD-602
Environmental Management for Tourism Destinations

This core course focuses on environmentally and socially responsible tourism strategies and innovations, including voluntary program and initiatives such as Green Globe and the Certificado de Turismo Sostenible from Costa Rica. It examines how destinations have improved competitiveness by creating environmentally and socially friendly tourism products and services. The course emphasizes establishing policies and management plans to identify and reduce the environmental impact created by tourism facilities and services, and looks at how to create environmental management systems (EMS) with broad public/private support. This course is designed to provide students with the tools to:

• Create a practical mechanism for pursuing the Agenda 21 principles of sustainable development
• Address tourism environmental and social issues through a strategic multi-stakeholder planning process
• Increase competitive advantage in the market for alternative tourism destinations
• Build a systematic framework for public and private sector cooperation on environmental and social issues
• Reduce public and private sector operation costs as greater energy/resource savings are achieved.

Units Earned - 1.2
Course Fee - $450