Online Courses Handbook 2003

304236 (v.2) Ecotourism and Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region 500

Area:	School of Social Sciences
Contact Hours:	3.0
Credits:	25.0
Lecture:	1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Examination of ecotourism as a strategy for sustainable social and economic development in the Asia-Pacific region. Introduction to definitions and meanings of sustainable tourism development and examination of the recent growth of the industry relatedto changing lifestyle values and structural changes occurring in the economy. Then using case studies from Australia, South East Asia and the western Pacific an introduction to recent ideas on participatory and sustainable forms of development.