| Academic Year |
2026Year |
School/Graduate School |
Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (Master's Course) Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Integrated Arts and Human Sciences Program |
| Lecture Code |
WMJ60801 |
Subject Classification |
Specialized Education |
| Subject Name |
持続可能な観光発展論 |
Subject Name
（Katakana） |
ジゾクカノウナカンコウハッテンロン |
Subject Name in
English |
Sustainable Tourism Development |
| Instructor |
QU MENG,ZOLLET SIMONA |
Instructor
(Katakana) |
キョ モウ,ゾレット シモーナ |
| Campus |
Higashi-Hiroshima |
Semester/Term |
1st-Year, First Semester, 2Term |
| Days, Periods, and Classrooms |
(2T) Thur1-4：IAS J204 |
| Lesson Style |
Lecture |
Lesson Style
(More Details) |
Face-to-face |
| This class will be a combination of lecture, discussion and students presentation. The class will be conducted face-to-face. |
| Credits |
2.0 |
Class Hours/Week |
4 |
Language of Instruction |
E
:
English |
| Course Level |
6
:
Graduate Advanced
|
| Course Area（Area） |
23
:
Arts and Humanities |
| Course Area（Discipline） |
12
:
Geography |
| Eligible Students |
Graduate Students |
| Keywords |
Sustainability, tourism, SDGs |
| Special Subject for Teacher Education |
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Special Subject |
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Class Status
within Educational
Program
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
|---|
Criterion referenced
Evaluation
(Applicable only to targeted subjects for undergraduate students) | |
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Class Objectives
/Class Outline |
This class aims to improve the understanding of sustainable, regenerative, and creative tourism based on the review of scientific literature and case studies. The UNWTO Indicators of Sustainable Development for Tourism Destinations will be introduced as one method to access sustainability. |
| Class Schedule |
1. Introduction
tourism/leisure/recreation
2. Sustainable Tourism and tourism impacts: art tourism (Guggenheim effect) and Triennial (event/festival) Tourism impacts (Qu)
Sustainable Tourism and tourism impacts: rural destinations (Zollet)
3. Development of nature conservation
Sustainable tourism: how the concept evolved
4. Culture, sustainability, and place
How do we define sustainablility through our global culture
5. SDGs and tourism
Indicators of Sustainable Development for Tourism Destinations
UNWTO Indicators
6. How to evaluate trips (Qu, Zollet)
Case studies on sustainable tourism
7. Mass/overtourism, creative tourism and regenerative tourism
Cultural tourism 1.0 to 5.0 with case studies
8. Summary |
Text/Reference
Books,etc. |
Bellato, L., Frantzeskaki, N., & Nygaard, C. A. (2022). Regenerative tourism: a conceptual framework leveraging theory and practice. Tourism Geographies, 1-21.
Weaver, D. (2020) Advanced Introduction to Sustainable Tourism
Articles from Journal of Sustainable Tourism, Tourism Geographies etc.
Fischer, A. (2014) Sustainable Tourism. Haupt Verlag
|
PC or AV used in
Class,etc. |
Handouts, Microsoft Teams, moodle |
| (More Details) |
Prints;DVD;
PPT |
| Learning techniques to be incorporated |
Discussions, Post-class Report |
Suggestions on
Preparation and
Review |
Students will be required to read articles/material before each class and prepare a case study presentation that will be summarized as a report. |
| Requirements |
|
| Grading Method |
Tasks in class (including presentation of literature and material summaries) 70%, case study presentation and report 30% |
| Practical Experience |
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| Summary of Practical Experience and Class Contents based on it |
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| Message |
This class is open to students from all programs. |
| Other |
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Please fill in the class improvement questionnaire which is carried out on all classes.
Instructors will reflect on your feedback and utilize the information for improving their teaching. |