Sustainable Tourist Destinations

Valentina
Keshinee
Dristee
Kelly-Ann
Yavin

Sustainable Tourist
Destinations
2.1 Potential markets for a sustainable
tourist destination
2.2 Assess the limitations of
sustainable tourism

Potential markets for a sustainable tourist

destination

Tourism
According to the World Tourism Organisation (WTO) Tourists are :
People travelling to and staying outside their usual environment for
not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other
purposes.

Markets for Tourism

A place where potential transactions can take place

Market for a sustainable tourist destinations

The potential market for a sustainable tourist destination is tourists who :
1) are ECO-FRIENDLY
2) wants to experience UNIQUE DESTINATIONS and HABITATS
3)EXPLORE destinations in DEPTH
4) ADVENTUROUS

These are the types of tourism that forms part of sustainable

tourism.

Markets for sustainable tourists destinations

Vendors

Remote
Teams

Engineering

Manufacturing

Projec
t

Sales

Potential markets for sustainable

tourist destinations
Eco tourism
Cultural and heritage tourism
Special interest
Adventure tourism
Tourism
Rural tourism
Is not that sustainable due to damage
Mass tourism
caused by large tourism at the same
place at the same time

Special interest tourism

For example:
The Japan National Tourism Organization
ffers a variety of special interest tourism ideas for
tourists to choose from before they embark on
their journey. These include tours to visit
museums, geisha and maiko, Japanese gardens
and bonsai, traditional crafts etc.

Tenorio Volcano National

Park in Costa Rica

Himeji Castle, Himeji, Japan

Canyoning Adventure Waitakere,

Auckland

Mass Tourism
Mass tourism in Spain has caused many
negative impacts on the Spanish coastline. It
has resulted in visual pollution, loss of
habitat and contamination of sea water. This
has brought in illnesses for the villagers and
also affected the marine life in the seas.

Bathers on Playa Levante

beach, mass tourism,
Benidorm, Costa Blanca,
Spain, Europe

The limitations of sustainable tourism

Limiting Factors in sustainable tourism

Transport Control
Lack of social awareness of impact of non sustainable tourism
Economic Limitations
Tourism Industry Issues

Transport Control

Transport can be an asset as well as a loss to

sustainable tourism

Advantages of
Transportation

Brings in visitors
Transport visitors from one
place to another

Disadvantages of
Transportation

Causes pollution

Destruction of Natural habitats

Traffic congestion

Excessive transport need to

be regulated to flow
Speed limits can be imposed
Limited access to nature parks
Implement land use policies

Current environmental issues

Economic Limitations
Economic downturns and periods of uncertainty results in businesses
cutting all non essential costs, sustainability also is perceived as such

Tourism industry issues

Such as lack of awareness of tourists

Lack of tourism professional
Tourism operators not motivated for a change