Sustainable Development in The Context of Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable Development in The Context of Sustainable Tourism
IN THE CONTEXT OF
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
1. Discovery
2. Development
3. Stagnation
4. Decline
4. Rejuvenation
Stages of Destination
Development
Stage 1: Discovery
• A destination begins as a
relatively unknown place and
visitors initially come in small
numbers restricted by lack of
access, facilities, and local
knowledge.
Stages of Destination
Development
Stage 1: Discovery
Boracay 1970’s
Stages of Destination
Development
Stage 2: Development
Boracay 1980’s
Stages of Destination
Development
Stage 3: Stagnation
• Possible trajectory of a
destination after the stage of
stagnation.
• Technological developments or
infrastructure improvements
leading to increased carrying
capacity can help rejuvenate a
destination.
Stages of Destination
Development
Stage 4: Rejuvenation
Resources for Developing Tourism
• Capital
• Labor
• Materials
• Knowledge
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Carrying Capacity
• Training sta . Sta training which integrates sustainable tourism into work
practices, along with recruitment of personnel at all levels, improves the
quality of the tourism product.
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Principles of Sustainable Tourism
• Environmental
• Economic
• Social
Three Dimensions of Sustainable Tourism
Environmental Dimension
• Wildlife
• Wildlife has a number of dimensions such as land-based mammals and
reptiles, ora, birds, insects, sh, and marine mammals. Tourism can clearly
be very harmful to wildlife through the destruction of habitats, a ecting
feeding habits, disrupting breeding patterns, res in woodlands and people
picking rare plants.
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Three Dimensions of Sustainable Tourism
Environmental Dimension
• Job creation
• Injection of income into the local economy through the multiplier e ect.
• Infrastructure development.
• Opportunity costs.
• Congestion.
• The need to invest in expensive infrastructure which may only be required for
part of the year.
• The social dimension of tourism has been given less attention in the
sustainable tourism debates, than the environmental impacts of tourism. This
is because the socio-cultural impacts of tourism usually occur slowly over
time in an unspectacular fashion. They are also largely invisible and intangible.
• There are a number of factors that determine whether or not the balance of
socio-cultural impacts will be positive or negative in a particular location
including:
• The measures were taken by the public sector in the destination to manage
tourism in ways which minimize the socio-cultural costs of tourism.
Benefits of Sustainable Tourism Development
• Increasing income
• Improving infrastructures