RIZWOODS COLLEGE INC.

Pag-Utlan, Maibago, Lapu-Lapu City

COURSE OUTLINE
Course Name SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
Course Credit 3 units
The course allows the students to gain a broad understanding of
environmental issues and their impact on the tourism industry.
Therefore, areas such as pollution, waste management and biodiversity
will be focused. Awareness and understanding of the implications of
tourism impacts, especially in terms of socio-cultural and
environmental aspects, are essential for properly oriented sustainable
tourism planning and development. right. The natural and cultural
Course Description environments of global communities and destinations will be explored
to help students critically interpret the interdependence of tourism, as
well as the changes and developments in tourism. national and
international tourism policy. The course critically examines tourism
planning as a process and as a set of techniques for sustainable tourism
development. It focuses on the natural environment of tourism planning
and the social, cultural, and political realities of planning and policy
making.
Contact Hours /
3 hours
Week
1. Define the goals, principles, requisites, and history of
sustainable tourism.
2. Determine the impacts of sustainable tourism to the
environment, economy, culture, and society.
Course Outcomes 3. Identify the importance of assessing the impacts of tourism.
4. To differentiate the relationships of implementing responsible
tourism to visitor management and impact mitigation. Lastly,
5. To identify sustainable design in implementing sustainable
tourism and community participation.
COURSE OUTLINE AND TIMEFRAME
Chapter: The Concept of Sustainable Tourism
1. Goals of Sustainable Tourism
WEEK 2 2. Principles of Sustainable Tourism
3. Requisites of a Sustainable tourism
4. History of Sustainable Tourism
WEEK 3 Chapter 2: (Definition, Dimensions and Determinants Impacts)
1. Definition of Tourism Impact
2. Dimension of tourism Impact
3. Determinants of tourism impacts

Chapter 3: Tourism Impact on the Environment

1. Impacts of Tourism on the Environment
 2. Positive impacts of Tourism
WEEK 4 PRELIMINARY EXAM
Chapter 4: Tourism Impact on the Economy
1. Direct, Indirect, and induced impacts
WEEK 5 2. Positive impacts of Tourism on the Economy
3. Negative impact of Tourism on the Economy
4. Determinants of Economic Impacts
Chapter 5: Tourism Impact on Culture and Society
1. Culture and its Components
2. Intangible Cultural Heritage
WEEK 6 3. Drivers of Impacts of Tourism and Culture
4. Positive impact of Tourism on Culture
5. Negative Impact of Tourism on Culture
6. Determinants of Socio-cultural Impacts.
Chapter 6: Tourism Impact Assessment
1. Importance of Tourism Impact Assessment
WEEK 7
2. Basic Consideration in Tourism Impact Assessment
3. Tourism impact Assessment Tools
WEEK 8 MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Chapter 7: Responsible Tourism
1. The global code of ethics
2. Promoting Responsible Tourism at the National Level
3. Voluntary Initiatives and certification
WEEK 9-10
4. Responsible Tourism by Industry
5. Fair Trade Practices
6. Social Responsibility
7. Responsible Tourist Behavior
Chapter 8: Visitor Management
1. Importance of Managing Visitors
WEEK 11 2. Carrying capacity
3. Institutional Tools to Implement Tourism Carrying Capacity
(TCC)
Chapter 9 Tourism Impact Mitigation
1. Definition of Mitigation
2. Minimizing Carbon Footprint
3. Air pollution Mitigation
4. Wastewater
WEEK 12 5. Saving Technology
6. Solid Waste Reduction
7. Sustainable Building Design
8. Mitigation Measures
9. Quality, and Light and Glare
10. Mitigation to Reduce Noise
WEEK 13 SEMI-FINAL EXAMINATION
WEEK 14 Chapter 10: Sustainable Design
1. Design Principles
 2. Choosing a business site
3. Sustainable Building Design
4. Facility Design
5. Cultural Sensitivity
6. Gender Sensitivity
7. Tropical Design
8. Tourism Facility
9. Philippine Guidelines
Chapter 11: Community Participation for Sustainable Tourism
1. The importance of Community Participation
2. Stakeholder theory.
3. stakeholders
WEEK 15
4. Stakes in tourism
5. Challenges in Getting stakeholder participation.
6. Prerequisite to genuine Participation
7. Effective Participation technique
WEEK 16
WEEK 17
WEEK 18 FINAL EXAMINATION