Chapter 10. Environmental Stewardship
Original author: Don Webster
Adapted by: Becky Pelkonen
Learning Objectives
- Define commonly used environmental stewardship terminology
- Explain how the destination life cycle works and how it affects tourism destinations
- Articulate the impacts of climate change on tourism
- Identify other environmental impacts caused by, and affecting, tourism and hospitality sectors
- Describe various frameworks and models for environmental stewardship in the tourism industry including sustainable tourism, responsible tourism and ecotourism
- Describe a variety of initiatives to mitigate the impacts of environmental damage
- Explain how the environmental management system in BC functions
- Illustrate the conflicts that exist between tourism and resource extraction in BC
