Some Devils, A Few Details and a Couple of Dilemmas in the Search for Sustainable Tourism Stephen F. McCool Professor Emeritus Department of Society and Conservation College of Forestry and Conservation The University of Montana Presentation to Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport Management University of Florida Modified for Internet 18 Oct 2011
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Some Devils, A Few Details and a Couple of Dilemmas in the Search for Sustainable Tourism
Stephen F. McCoolProfessor Emeritus
Department of Society and ConservationCollege of Forestry and Conservation
The University of Montana
Presentation to Department of Tourism, Recreation, and Sport ManagementUniversity of Florida18 April 2011
Modified for Internet 18 Oct 2011
International Tourism—Rapidly Growing
Actual and Forecasted International Arrivals
Source: World Tourism Organization
Global Forces Influencing Sustainable Tourism
Population Dynamics
Technology
Governance
Public Values Decision
Making Economic Restructuri
ng
Climate Change
Increased ContentiousnessGreater Volatility
Higher Stakes
Sustainability—Some Basic Assumptions
Human Impacts Care about the Future
From: Pearce, 1994
Some Devils
Tourism business fragmented
Some Devils
Predictable,Linear,Understandable,Stable
Dynamic,Impossible,Complex,Ever-Changing
Balancing the Economic, Social and Environmental?
Or a Question of Integrating Them?
Tourism industry is fragmented,Vertically,Horizontally,Functionally
But achieving this ideal requires Cooperation,Coordination,Collaboration
How we do this impacts our success
Namche Bazaar: An Example of Sustainable Tourism?
Caters to trekkers Small scale
development Many teahouses How much is enough?
A Few Details
A Few Details
A Few DetailsUnderlying Principle Defining Sustainable Tourism?
A Few Details
Much more difficult than expected
Not Just Difficult, but More Difficult
A Few DetailsMeasuring Success
Visitor Volume Indicators
Visitor Volume (in millions)2 Q4 2010 20.8 +5.1%
Air Visitor Component (in millions) (52.7% of total)2 Q4 2010 10.9 +7.0%