Sustainable Destination Development Seminar gathered top tourism researchers to the University of Lapland on Thursday 10th October 2013. The seminar was part of MTI’s cross-selectable Sustainable Rural and Urban Tourism studies and Destination Management studies, and event for MTI’s alumnus students.
Steve Noakes spoke on his presentation “
Applying ecotourism for biodiversity conservation and destination management” how ecotourism can be applied for biodiversity conservation and the Indonesian approach to sustainable management of destinations. Presentation:
SteveNoakes_ApplyingEcotourism .pdf
The presentation of Dr. Greg Halseth “
Linking tourism and destination management with place-based community development” draw upon examples from British Columbia, Canada, to highlight how tourism and destination management can support place-based community development. Presentation:
GregHalseth_LinkingTourismAndDestination .pdf
Professor C. Michael Hall questioned the whole ideal of Sustainable Tourism on his presentation “
Destination competitiveness, experience economies, and green growth: Myths, Greenwash or just plain lies?”. Presentation:
http://www.academia.edu/4355931/Tourism_and_Green_Growth
Additional information:
Multidimensional Tourism Institute/University of Lapland
Lecturer José-Carlos García-Rosell
tel. +358 40 484 4190, jgarcia(at)ulapland.fi
JW/MTI