SMHM 5534 - Seminars in Sustainable Tourism : Experiences of Successful Practitioners in Costa Rica

Institution:

University of North Texas

Subject:

Merchandising & Hospitality Mg

Description:

5534. Seminars in Sustainable Tourism : Experiences of Successful Practitioners in Costa Rica. 3 hours. Seminar series examines the complexity of evaluating sustainability and the need for evaluation from various perspectives. Outlines the dilemmas that may present themselves in sustainable tourism projects, represented as competing values from the practitioner's point of view. Experiences of successful and not to successful practitioners of sustainable tourism are analyzed for the best practices in operational management, customer satisfaction, business planning, and promotion-marketing. Students will also recognize the importance of scale when evaluating sustainability because the scope of experiences in this course covers both small and large scale tourism projects. Taught at CATIE in Costa Rica.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.unt.edu

Phone Number:

(940) 565-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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