Overview
Local, national and global natural resources and environments associated with tourism business management and the impacts of environmental issues on tourism business development.
This paper will focus on tourism and business management within natural environments in light of global environmental issues. Students will develop an understanding of modern developments in tourism policy and planning and their relationship with issues of environmental sustainability. Students will also understand the importance of global, national and local settings and frameworks that underpin tourism business development and management.
About this paper
| Paper title | Global Environmental Impacts on Tourism |
|---|---|
| Subject | Doctor of Business Administration |
| EFTS | 0.1667 |
| Points | 20 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $1,403.61 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Limited to
- DBA
- Contact
- otago-dba@otago.ac.nz
- Teaching staff
- Professor James Higham
- Paper Structure
- The lectures will cover:
- The social and theoretical concepts of nature
- Conservation and capitalism
- Globalisation and mobility
- Production and consumption of nature
- Tourism and global climate change
- Wilderness management
- Teaching Arrangements
- Lectures will be supplemented by field trips.
- Textbooks
- There is no essential textbook. Suggested readings are listed in the course outline.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Critical thinking, Environmental literacy, Global perspective, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Research, Communication, Information literacy.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will gain
- A highly developed ability to critically evaluate the theoretical issues associated with the notion of nature and the natural world, the concept of wilderness, and ideas of access to the natural world by people for the purposes of tourism
- A highly developed ability to present ideas logically and persuasively to a wide audience using both written and oral means
- A highly developed ability to understand the interrelatedness of the legislative and management frameworks relating to the natural world, the processes that occur within these frameworks, and the significance of designated areas of wilderness/wildlife tourism
- A highly developed ability to critically evaluate issues of environmental sustainability arising from tourism development and the implications for tourism policy and planning and for tourism business development and management