Eco-Tourism Health

Overview :

The Course particularly focuses on the problems and potentials of tourism development in small island states in tropical and sub-tropical settings and highlights the challenges of such development on vulnerable ecosystems.

Key Takeaways :

• This course addresses environmental health and natural resources management challenges resulting from rapid growth in international tourism to low-income countries.
• Limited infrastructural and regulatory capacities in these countries heighten exposure to negative impacts of tourism development.
• The course explores experiences and potential solutions to foster more sustainable tourism practices.
• Illustrating how tourism can impact marine environments, waste management, water resources, and disease control.
• The course aligns with Sustainable Development Goals related to health, sanitation, marine life, and partnerships.
• The course features diverse perspectives and expertise from researchers, representatives from the hotel sector, and international experts in sustainable tourism.

Course Content :

Tourism & Global Sustainability Agenda

Tourism - A Major Consumer Of Freshwater  & A Major Producer Of Waste Water

Promoting The Environment

Course Deliverables :

• Understanding challenges of international tourism growth in low-income countries.
• Insights into impacts on vulnerable ecosystems, with small island states as case studies.
• Exploration of sustainable tourism practices.
• Analysis of specific challenges in Zanzibar, including marine preservation and waste management.
• Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals.
• Continuation of discussions from the 2017 sustainable tourism year.
• Exposure to diverse expertise in sustainable tourism.