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Home > Sustainable Tourism Module in “Teaching and Learning for a Sustainable Future” - Updated: 08-01-2003 2:39 pm
One of 25 modules in a multimedia teacher education programme published by UNESCO in 2002 as part of its function as task manager of Chapter 36 of Agenda 21 and as a contribution to the World Summit on Sustainable Development.  

The module explores the characteristics and objectives of sustainable tourism through a series of case studies, and helps identify ways in which sustainable tourism can be introduced to students. Topics addressed include the rise of tourism, benefits andproblems of mass tourism and of ecotourism, characteristics of an enlightened traveller, and suggestions for teaching about ecotourism.

URL for Link 1 http://www.unesco.org/education/tlsf/theme_c/uncofrm_c.htm
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