Sustainability in tourism and hospitality industryLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You know the concepts, principles and dimensions related to sustainable tourism and hospitality.

You understand the importance of responsibility and multiculturism in the tourism and hospitality industry.

You know the content of different sustainability programmes and organisations developing sustainability and understand their importance in the industry.

You can acquire and produce information on sustainable development in the operating environment.

Content

What are the key concepts and principles of sustainable tourism?

What are the dimensions of sustainable tourism?

What are the key concepts of the STF programme?

How do you produce knowledge about changes in the operating environment?

How do you use the latest knowledge in the development of the tourism and hospitality industry?

Evaluation

Students can

use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.

assess information sources critically.

work as team members in work-related expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.

choose appropriate models and methods according to the purpose and justify these choices.

promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.

apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.