FØS8201 Sustainable Destination Development

Contents and structure

This course will introduce you to theories, techniques, tools, and methods to work hands on with sustainable destination development and overall tourism planning. Topics like overall tourism planning, knowledge control systems and how to organize and operationalization of economic, physical, environmental, and socio-cultural challenges in tourism development.

Sustainable Destination Development will include an overall sustainable perspective on a destination level and how to develop a plan, the process around it and its stakeholders.re

It will include several examples and cases from the sustainable certification brand from Innovation Norway for tourist destinations (recognized by Global Sustainable Tourism Council).

Det vil bli nytta fleire døme frå merkeordninga til Innovsjon Norge for berekraftige reisemål som dessutan er akreditert av GSTC (Global Sustainable Tourism Council).

The course will include the following:

• Destination development - methods, analyzes, tools and processes.
• Tourism planning and development (on a global, national, regional and local level)
• Marketing of tourist destinations, both national and internationally.
• Introduction to project management (PLP- method)
• Organizing in destination development
• Sustainable tourism development, i.e., different principles and goals like Innovation Norway’s ten principles and UNs goals of sustainable development.

Environmental, sociocultural and economic consequences of tourism.

This course will introduce you to theories, techniques, tools, and methods to work hands on with sustainable destination development and overall tourism planning. Topics like overall tourism planning, knowledge control systems and how to organize and operationalization of economic, physical, environmental, and socio-cultural challenges in tourism development.

Sustainable Destination Development will include an overall sustainable perspective on a destination level and how to develop a plan, the process around it and its stakeholders.

The course will include the following:

• Destination development - methods, analyzes, tools and processes.
• Tourism planning and development (on a global, national, regional and local level)
• Marketing of tourist destinations, both national and internationally.
• Introduction to project management (PLP- method)
• Organizing in destination development
• Sustainable tourism development, i.e., different principles and goals like Innovation Norway’s ten principles and UNs goals of sustainable development.
• Environmental, sociocultural and economic consequences of tourism.

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

- The student will know how and why one should follow sustainable development practices

- The destination life cycle

- About challenges within sustainable destination development an tourism planning, both at business level and destination level

Skills:

• How to use tools and methods for startup, organizing and operationalization of sustainable destination development projects.
• How to analyze and evaluate tourist destinations.
• How to use methods and tools to implement development measures and business development.
• How to start, develop and work with overall tourism planning in destinations and regions.

General:

• How to start and finish a planning process for a tourist destination.
• How to develop a sustainable tourist destination.

Entry requirements

None

Recommended previous knowledge

RE6-1000 Introduction to tourism

Teaching methods

All teaching will be online in this course.

Lectures, groupwork and seminars.

Compulsory learning activities

Up to 3 assignments.

The approved assignment will be valid forever.

Assessment

Homeexam one week (7 days) in groups of 1-4 persons. 100%.

Grade scale A-F, where F corresponds to fail.

Examination support material

All aids allowed

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Course reductions

• RE6-1001 - Grøn destinasjonsutvikling - Reduction: 7.5 studypoints
• RE6-103 - Reiselivsplanlegging og berekraftig reiseliv - Reduction: 5.5 studypoints
• RE6-103 - Reisemålsutvikling - Reduction: 5.5 studypoints