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Understanding the Sustainable

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Introduction to Sustainable Tourism Development

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Sustainable development

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Introduction to Sustainable
Tourism Development
Janne J. Liburd

Rationale
One of the most important challenges facing the world of today is educating the leaders
of tomorrow. In order to create challenging vistas and avoid blind reproduction where
students simply learn to reproduce the world that exists (Minogue, 1973), these future
leaders should be equipped with a holistic understanding of the values and principles of
sustainable development. Students are hereby challenged not only to think about the
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means to current problem solving but to reflect philosophically upon the ethics and ends in
the context of desirable futures. Reflecting upon the kind of tourism we wish to have does
not imply moving away from industry needs and demands of the marketplace, as well as
meeting those of society, which well-trained tourism graduates must continue to satisfy.
More fundamentally it raises the issues of stewardship, the kind of tourism to be developed
(by whom and how it should be governed) and what the end objectives behind these
activities should be.
Throughout this book, sustainability is shown to be a dynamic process of change, rather
than a static goal to be achieved. This chapter will first introduce the antecedents to the
concept of sustainable development and then elaborate on its application to tourism.
Particular attention is next paid to the meaning of complex adaptive systems in tourism.
Drawing on the Tourism Educator Futures Initiative (TEFI), interrelated values of ethics,
knowledge, professionalism and mutuality will be outlined to further substantiate how
sustainability should be treated as a managerial philosophy rather than a subject matter
taught in one comprehensive course.

Learning outcomes
On completion of this chapter the student should be able to:
Explain the principles of sustainable tourism development
Understand the difference between sustainable development and sustainable tourism
development
Examine sustainability as a managerial philosophy and a process of transformation
Explain the meaning of complex adaptive systems
Critically reflect upon values related to sustainability
Reflect upon desirable futures for travel and tourism.

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Further reading
For more detail on these value sets and how they can be incorporated into the learning
experience See Sheldon et al. (2008) and the TEFI White Paper (2009 available from
http://www.tourismeducation.at). Students are referred to the extensive reference list of
this chapter for further reading.
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