Sustainable Tourism/Resources/Lesson Plans 1-8

Task
Our focus for Sustainable Tourism for this course will centre around how NZ tourism businesses and organisations are changing and engaging with tourists in an effort to move towards more responsible and sustainable business practices.

Why is this important (from a business perspective) ? - maybe for survival and future success. Whay is important from a student perspective? You will need to prepare for the future as a proficient and success sustainable practitioner/manager/leader in the tourism sector. Because is doesn't matter where you start out or end up this issue is here to stay

Please complete the following - in groups of three

Brainstorm the following words; tourism, business, organisation, sustain, sustainability

Before students log onto wiki - take them through these tasks:


 * What is sustainablility? - in threes brainstorm the word and it meaning - write a definition - then come together as a class and write down create a class definition - I will put this into the wiki.


 * Go through some definitions - now watch the Story of Stuff - discussion from this


 * Look over OP sustainable practice policies - link on wiki.


 * Brainstorm (5 mins) - the following - Look at Otago Polytechnic's sustainable practice policies on Education for Sustainability. One of your assessments for this course will be to suggest, plan, design and run a sustainable programme which we in turn can post to this blog.

The Green Coast:


 * Handout - Daintree Eco Lodge & Spa


 * Daintree

If this is a responsible tourism operation - "What constitutes/is a responsible tourist"

Now ask students to complete following Responsible Tourism Activity and present back to class next session

Lesson 2
Students are to have their presentation ready for viewing - before we get started though lets recap on last week.
 * Looked at Story of stuff - production line we live in
 * Looked at OP's sustainable practice blog - we are going to design a sustainable activity for us all to do


 * Read the Green Coast reading at looked at some words used in conjunction with sustainability - can you remember any?


 * Came up with our own dynamic definition for sustainability (add to each session??)

Look at wiki - what is "sustainable tourism" how does it work?

Terms related to sustainable tourism
 * Start looking at glossary of terms" - shared google spreadsheet

Take a look at Earthwise Valley and answer these questions:

1. What are two ways Earthwise uses to live sustainably in the valley

2. What are some of the projects completed at the "new volunteers house"

3. When is a flax not a flax are what are some of the benefits of planting it

4. What have been some of the volunteers "Epic Trips"

Fairgo Earthwise Valley

Presentations

Direct students to the blog - invite them to comment on Dubai reading posted.

Ask students to read blog


 * Sustainable Dubai  Unsustainable Dubai?

Lesson 3
Any further presentations not shown from last week

(students need to complete their comments - for those who haven't give them 20 minutes to do this now and let those who have work on new posting - EU Carbon Tax.


 * Blog: Dubai - in discussion identify areas where sustainability will be difficult

Destinations
Compare "North Star" reding with "Dubai" reading and answer following questions:

1. How are the two destinations using their natural resources? - Oil (finite resource - most traded commodity in world) - Water/wind - "green into gold"

Burj Khalifa

Stockholm Royal seaport

Pictures

2. How are both destinations being innovative?

3. What type of tourist would visit each destination? and why
 * which one would you visit and why?

4. How sustainable (future focus) are the two destination?
 * what areas in particular would be difficult to sustain?

Youtube Sustainable NZ - 9.20

Destinations (continued)

 * Newspaper article - show your own and ask students to present their own articles

Wilderness Safari - 8.30m


 * Sustainable Tourism site


 * Activity - choose a destination - describe what it is doing towards sustainability - then see if you can find another resource from another source eg. youtube, slideshare, flickr another blog - wordpress, blogger to support this.


 * Is there anything really unique that we could put onto the blog.

Show a few in class.


 * field trip consent form
 * itinerary

Lesson 5
Some thoughts on sustainability


 * Take a look at some of the activities created last Friday

Now lets take a look on the blog - at your posts and at your activities for Queenstown

community activity you are to complete from your fieldtrip.

These activities will form part of your final assessment

This activity is on the blog

Lesson 6
Challenges for tourism

Look at challenges faced by sector


 * changes at global level and domestic level (ask students to comment)

Sustainable tourism

http://www.tianz.org.nz/content/library/2011_State_of_Sector_Report.pdf - use to further points under challenges section in wiki

link to Strategy 2015

Homework - Complete task on blog

Ask students to bring an article they consider to be sustainable to class next week and be ready to explain why?

Lesson 6
Sustainable tourism sector: Get students to take note of four outcomes from

Start at Sustainable Tourism section - Assessments based around these outcomes

Ask students (put notes on board) what is the role of the following organisation from a sustainable perspective (give them 10 minutes) then ask random students to write what they have found on the whiteboard:


 * TIA
 * Ministry of the Environment
 * TNZ
 * Ministry of Energy
 * Qualmark
 * Ministry of Tourism

Ask students to find out more about (below) these: (look in strategy document)

• the programme being implemented to develop Auckland as an internationally competitive city, with high-quality, attractive infrastructure, facilities, and streetscapes

• New Zealand’s Digital Strategy, which is being implemented to make sure that we have the information and communications technology we need to do business

• the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, which will encourage sectors across the economy, including tourism businesses, to find smart, efficient ways to cut back their emissions

• the New Zealand Transport Strategy, which seeks to ensure that we have a sustainable transport network throughout the country

• the economy-wide energy initiatives of the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Strategy

Continue with wiki


 * choose three organisations from "further case studies" check all the links and place a post about them on the blog and in particular their claim to sustainable operations. You should include a link to the company url (if they have one).

- continue through wiki to Dive Tutakaka
 * talk about YHA in Stafford St and Scenic Circle Hotel - ask students to look at the Qualmark site and investigate the Enviro quality star award system.

Lesson 5
Sustainable Tourism in NZ

George Hickton introducing Qualmark Enviro

Introduce Qualmark Responsible Tourism Guide and checklist

Divide urls on pg 13 amongst students then ask them to present these back to class

Use TIA as your example - go through a casestudy - Taupo Bungy

Going to have to read about the 5 key action areas in the guide - before you can do the activity

(students can have a self-directed class to complete this)
 * Activity "Evidence"

Lesson 4
Readings on the shared drive:

Then give activity: Outcome 1

Case study: Dive Tutukaka - assessment

(students can have a self directed class for this)

Lesson 5
Outcome 2:

Reading: On the shared drive - Stockholm

Students to put work on the blog

Activity: (Evidence) Positively Wellington

Students to have a self directed class for this

Lesson 6
Outcome 3

"The tourism sector takes a leading role in protecting and enhancing the environment"

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeynzQz4SXk&feature=player_embedded#! Costa Rica rainforest]

Indian Turbine power

Auckland Airport audit

Slideshow - Good Environmental Practice

Activity:

http://www.stayinginwales.com/b2b/docs/sttw%20report%20phase%202_72.pdf

Lesson 7
Community - Outcome 4

"The tourism sector and communities work together for mutual benefit" How will they do this -


 * The tourism sector is an active partner in planning and managing our communities
 * working with community boards and councils eg. district plans
 * regional tourism - Tourism Dunedin, destination-management - (DCC), TIA - tour operators


 * Local authorities understand the benefits tourism offeres and lead destination-management and planning initiatives
 * I-sites, regional tourism organsiations (Tourism Dunedin)yesterdays ODT - glass box outside conference building


 * Tourism decision -making by local government, communities, iwi and the tgourism sector is informed by high-quality research
 * capacity issues DOC,regional councils (Milford Sound), impacts on communities (railtrail - cycle paths)


 * Regions and communities preserve and promote their local culture and character and incorporate this into all aspects of the visitor experience
 * What is Dunedin's? Queenstown


 * Core infrastructure and facilities are appropriately funded
 * Dunedin Stadium, new roading, funding models kept up to date

Examples:


 * Biosphere experiment
 * Polytechnic gardens
 * Railtrail


 * Orokaunui ecosanctuary
 * youtube for Orokanui


 * Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
 * Karori

Activity: Community (Poster)

Bit of light hearted humour animals talking


 * triple bottom line