Sustainable Tourism/Resources/Lesson Plans 1-8

Task

 * Introduce the yourself and the topic
 * Ask students to introduce themselves then answer the following questions?

If you could be a celebrity for the day who would you be? - group 1 If you could be a sports star for the day who would you be? - group 2 If you have any job in the world for a day what would it be? - group 3

Task 1

Take students through "Overview of Sustainability" - ask them to complete the activity on "defining tourism" then continue with slideshow.
 * then come together as a class and write down create a class definition - I will put this into the wiki.

Look at some terms to do with sustainability:

Take students through the wiki site

Activity

Hand out readings: Northern Star (Green Tourism) and Daintree Eco Lodge (Reponsible Tourism)

Split class into two groups, one topic to each group. They must then answer the following questions and report back

Northern Star
 * What makes Stockholm a "Green Capital" (may need to look on internet) and what has it done to embrace eco tourism?

Daintree
 * Daintree


 * What constitutes a responsible tourism operation? - What defines/is a responsible tourist"

Homework

Last slide activity - in groups of four (for next week)

Lesson 2
Sustainability

Plan for the future because this is where you are going to spend the rest of your life - Mark Twain

Activity from last lesson - 4 presentations from slide on Overview of Sustainability presentation (15 minutes)

Expectations exercise - there for themselves, for each other and of me (also my expectations of them)10 minutes

Wiki - Activities Ask students questions first: What factors do you consider when buying say an new phone or ipod?
 * convenience, sound, colour, cost, size, brand, other things
 * now watch the Story of Stuff
 * ask the same question again

Go to slide exercise - three definitions: planned/perceived obsolence Material throughput simply refers to the total amount of matter and energy involved at each and every stage of the economic cycle: extraction, production, use and disposal.


 * Tourism Strategy 2015 - challenges video

Impacts of Tourism in Cornwall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPIGqCJWXpk

Homework?''' ''' Exercise: Watch

watch this - ask students to find two further international sites showing tourism businesses acting sustainability put link onto blog
 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4H5AosDk8s - COAST Cornwall Sustainable Tourism (8minutes)

Terms related to sustainable tourism


 * Start looking at glossary of "terms" - blog
 * carbon emissions, environmenal/carbon footprint, carbon neutral, carbon zero, carbon reduction, air miles


 * link students onto blog

Lesson 3
Discuss - Assessment/Wolgan Valley

my carbon footprint

Reading on Triple Bottom Line - Questions from this:

1. What is Real Journey's doing to protect the clean green image on NZ? - find this on their website

2. Walkers, talkers, on the road - disbelievers - look at OP

3. Awaroa Lodge watch promotional video - what is overriding message you are getting from this?

Impacts of Tourism in Cornwall - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPIGqCJWXpk - what are some sustainability concerns?

Now watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4H5AosDk8s - COAST Cornwall Sustainable Tourism (8minutes) ask students to find two further international sites showing tourism businesses acting sustainability put link onto blog

Start setting up blog


 * bring a newspaper article to class demonstrating some form of sustainability preferably in tourism.

Lesson 4
Challenges

International concerns -


 * growing concern about the impact of travel on climate change

Sustainable Travel International carbon offsets follow site through to Bonaire - Dutch Antilles off the coast of Venezuala (7.30m) video

Get students to look at Air New Zealand Trust through a participating partner Budget Rentals

Certification slideshow - split students into two groups ask them to read handouts and design three questions to support them. When this completed switch handouts and ask students to complete report back.

Blog - ask students to post/ accept invitation if already havent (show them how if they don't know)- find two links from last week

Hand back Wolgan Valley assessments


 * greater use of the internet and online bookings


 * Trip Advisor
 * Booking flights/accommodation (people do this themselves)


 * higher fuel prices

Domestic concerns -


 * recruiting appropriately skilled staff

Victoria Australia - involving your staff


 * becoming more environmentally sustainable


 * the provision of appropriate, high quality infrastructure

Tirol Austria covers both points above

Destinations (continued)

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

Wilderness Safari - 8.30m


 * http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHzqKD3arbg - BBC Eco Toursim - conservancy


 * 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.


 * Go to OP website and sustainability - framework incorporation of sustainability into organisation.

Split students into groups and ask each to report back on four key priorities. OP's Wanaka based - Centre for Sustainable Practice - Worked with ZipTrek Eco Tours Queenstownwho are completing a programme with the centre.

=Lesson 5a=

Significance of Maori Tourism


 * I am Ngai Tahu - website (values) sustainability

Tikanga - the right way
 * I am Ngai Tahu

Look at the values above – what they are


 * ETv programme (29 mins) - Ngai Tahu Tourism


 * National Geographic video 2.30m

Te Puni Kokiri - Case studies (split class into two groups)


 * Kaikoura Whalewatch


 * Shotover Jet

Ask students to read - come back with a short presentation on the topic and to show evidence of how values could be applied to casestudy.

Look at websites as well - get students to write a paragraph on blog about class


 * Whale watch website


 * Shotover Jet

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

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
Assessment - Poster

Sustainability - Destinations - Attractions

Post already on eco tourism in Thailand - Watch this (please comment - 5 minutes) at least two sentences

Blog - Eden Project Cornwall


 * go through post
 * read casestudy

Activity for students in class

Ask students to choose a destination look at how it is operating sustainably - put into short powerpoint (3 slides) then upload to blog

After holiday break will be looking at sustainable practices in tourism businesses

Lesson 6a
'''Revise: - quick test


 * what is sustainable tourism? (refer to wiki for answer) The United Nations World Tourism Organisation defines sustainable tourism as tourism that meets the needs of present tourists and host regions while protecting and enhancing opportunity for the future.


 * what are the two maori values closely linked to sustainable tourism (Tourism NZ Strategy 2015)manakitanga, kaitiakitanga and a one word description


 * name three NZ businesses and one international business which you believe operates sustainably - Awaroa Lodge, Air New Zealand, Shotover Jet, Kaikoura Whalewatch (Coast Cornwall, Wolgan Valley Resort)


 * provide two examples of why you think this

Now - After the holidays - check if students have done the above task of finding a sustainable destination (if they haven't then they can do this leave the last hour of class for them to do this)

Refresh yourselves with where we were up to on the wiki "Sustainable Tourism" down to "Partnerships"

Ask students to form groups of three (put notes on board)give them one of the organisations below and ask - what is the role (from a sustainable perspective) do they have a vision, mission statement, strategies around this (give them 15 minutes) then ask random students to write what they have found on the whiteboard:


 * TIA
 * Ministry of the Environment
 * Tourism Ministry of Economic Development
 * Qualmark
 * DCC

Kathmandu

Ask students to look at post on the blog - ready to discuss next week

Lesson 7
Take a look at what a group of young New Zealand students were able to complete after one week in the field


 * Sustainable Tourism in NZ

Look at presentations on the blog; have they been created in slideshare? Are they interesting, factual and correct? Have they been referenced?

Refer to blog: CarbonZero - Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa

''There are certification schemes which help organisations do this. Take a good look around this site and we will discuss your findings in class We will also look in more detail at Wolgon Valley Resort and Spa, Australia. In the meantime can you also find some other organisations (globally) which are trying to offset their CO2 production eg. airlines''

website & Youtube

Fact Sheet

In pairs - complete the activity and bring to class next week

Also complete the exercise on the blog - for next week as well.

Lesson 7a
Eco Tourism/Responsible Tourism perspective Look at Zealandia and Orokonui - watch video


 * preservation of natural habitat, flora and fauna


 * role of the vounteer/trusts

NZ Tourism project - involves regional tourism organisations http://www.mfe.govt.nz/issues/sustainable-industry/initiatives/sustainable-tourism/

Break

Business Responsible Tourism

Qualmark accredited places Choose an area from this site and write a paragraph on it on the blog.

Casestudies

Look at one of these organisations and describe what they are doing in the way of sustainable practice
 * Royal Albatross Colony
 * Sky City
 * Te Papa
 * Waimangu Volcanic Valley

Lesson 7b
Businesses

refer to activity

Activity:

Lesson 7c
Test

Lesson 7d
Future focus - refer to lesson 11

Lesson 8
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 - on


 * greenbiz - 2 items from the latest news session


 * green office- take us through the green office guide eg. find some examples


 * business sustainability - NZ cycle trail


 * element magazine article - read the article Treading lightly and explain


 * Enviro-mark - take us through the Booker-spalding casestudy


 * - take us through whats involved with starting a new tourism business


 * sustainability. govt- 25 easy steps booklet


 * tourism strategy- look at outcomes, explain and provide a NZ example of a business doing this


 * TIA explain the strategy


 * envirosmart what is envirosmart

On the whiteboard draw the 6 places of Responsible Tourism - the 3 R's (reduce, reuse, recylce) and the 5 key areas that are part of the Qualmark RT initiative.


 * you will complete a test on this

Show student Taupo Bungy management philosphy - Taupo Bungy

Qualmark Guide (in course drive) 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"

Make sure students check the blog and ensure that their contributions are up to date

Lesson 9
Students are to bring Brochures (Evidence) to class and present them

Case study: Dive Tutukaka - assessment


 * Dive Tutukaka casestudy


 * Dive Tutukaka website

Lesson 10
Quick Test - Responsible Tourism Booklet

Guest speaker - Cathy Price

Lesson 11
Community & reflection (on the blog)

Look back at NZ strategy and outcomes - are they being implemented??

Outcome 4 - Community

"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 offers and lead destination-management and planning initiatives
 * I-sites, regional tourism organisations (Tourism Dunedin)yesterdays ODT - glass box outside conference building


 * Tourism decision -making by local government, communities, iwi and the tourism 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


 * Karori Wildlife Sanctuary
 * Karori

Lesson 12
Hand out tests and take students through them

Future Focus - go through the wiki.


 * Solar plane


 * airline sustainability

On a more local level


 * Orokaunui ecosanctuary
 * youtube for Orokanui

Slideshow - Sustainability - Future Focus (red pen drive)

Question: how far do you think tourism will have moved in ten years time 2022. (give students 10 minutes to think about this and write down some notes)

The final session next week can be used to complete the Dive Tutukaka activity

Lesson 12a
Play link - Richard Branson - http://virg.in/Uwv45 Put Posters on Wall - great job guys!

Test: Out of 20 must get 50%

No class next week (Queens Birthday)

Lesson Plan
future of tourism

Following week last class - looking at future of tourism from a sustainability angle - all must bring resources and talk to them Resit for test - if required

how far do you think tourism will have moved in ten years time 2024. (give students 3 minutes to think about this and write down some notes)


 * solar plant in Serville


 * interactive visitor centre


 * Desti app


 * google glasses